Circle Pines vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Circle Pines and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Circle Pines and Oak Grove are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oak Grove has the higher population (9,031 vs 4,980 in Circle Pines). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($114,679 vs $96,477 in Circle Pines). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($394,100 vs $277,300 in Circle Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
Population	4,980	9,031
Median age	38.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,477	$114,679
Median home value	$277,300	$394,100
Median gross rent	$1,337	$2,052
Housing units	2,027	3,268
Homeownership rate	81.6%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
Population	4,950 → 4,980 (+0.6%)	8,682 → 9,031 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$83,224 → $96,477 (+15.9%)	$106,146 → $114,679 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$197,100 → $277,300 (+40.7%)	$285,800 → $394,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,308 → $1,337 (+2.2%)	$1,336 → $2,052 (+53.6%)

Circle Pines

Population

4,9504,980

Median household income

$83,224$96,477

Median home value

$197,100$277,300

Median gross rent

$1,308$1,337

Oak Grove

Population

8,6829,031

Median household income

$106,146$114,679

Median home value

$285,800$394,100

Median gross rent

$1,336$2,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	20.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.5%
75 and over	4.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	92.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	20.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
Drove alone	78.4%	80.9%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	12.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	67.1%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	19.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.4%
20 or more units	9.6%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Circle Pines	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	4.9%	1.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	36
Median year structure built	1982	1989