East Bethel vs Oak Grove

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

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

East Bethel has the higher population (11,995 vs 9,031 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($114,679 vs $114,583 in East Bethel). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($394,100 vs $343,200 in East Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
Population	11,995	9,031
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,583	$114,679
Median home value	$343,200	$394,100
Median gross rent	$1,770	$2,052
Housing units	4,790	3,268
Homeownership rate	93.4%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
Population	11,870 → 11,995 (+1.1%)	8,682 → 9,031 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$93,375 → $114,583 (+22.7%)	$106,146 → $114,679 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$251,100 → $343,200 (+36.7%)	$285,800 → $394,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,242 → $1,770 (+42.5%)	$1,336 → $2,052 (+53.6%)

East Bethel

Population

11,87011,995

Median household income

$93,375$114,583

Median home value

$251,100$343,200

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,770

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)

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
Under 5	6.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	17.9%	20.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.5%
75 and over	4.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.2%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
Drove alone	78.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	12.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	90.5%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Bethel	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	2.6%	1.5%
Average household size	2.67	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1985	1989