Nowthen vs Oak Grove

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

Nowthen 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 4,539 in Nowthen). Nowthen has the higher median household income ($134,491 vs $114,679 in Oak Grove). Nowthen has the higher median home value ($440,200 vs $394,100 in Oak Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
Population	4,539	9,031
Median age	40.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$134,491	$114,679
Median home value	$440,200	$394,100
Median gross rent	—	$2,052
Housing units	1,487	3,268
Homeownership rate	97.5%	94.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
Population	4,682 → 4,539 (-3.1%)	8,682 → 9,031 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$107,688 → $134,491 (+24.9%)	$106,146 → $114,679 (+8.0%)
Median home value	$329,600 → $440,200 (+33.6%)	$285,800 → $394,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,607 → $1,474 (-8.3%)	$1,336 → $2,052 (+53.6%)

Nowthen

Population

4,6824,539

Median household income

$107,688$134,491

Median home value

$329,600$440,200

Median gross rent

$1,607$1,474

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)

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
Under 5	4.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	17.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.8%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.2%	20.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.5%
75 and over	3.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.1%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
Drove alone	66.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	3.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	12.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	12.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	96.8%	97.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nowthen	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	3.6%	1.5%
Average household size	3.12	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1995	1989