Oak Grove vs Sugar Creek

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

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (8,477 vs 3,261 in Sugar Creek). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($73,237 vs $57,467 in Sugar Creek). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($190,800 vs $104,800 in Sugar Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
Population	8,477	3,261
Median age	36.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,237	$57,467
Median home value	$190,800	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,007	$936
Housing units	3,215	1,559
Homeownership rate	64.2%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
Population	8,217 → 8,477 (+3.2%)	3,290 → 3,261 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$64,398 → $73,237 (+13.7%)	$42,159 → $57,467 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$134,700 → $190,800 (+41.6%)	$78,300 → $104,800 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,007 (+16.7%)	$827 → $936 (+13.2%)

Oak Grove

Population

8,2178,477

Median household income

$64,398$73,237

Median home value

$134,700$190,800

Median gross rent

$863$1,007

Sugar Creek

Population

3,2903,261

Median household income

$42,159$57,467

Median home value

$78,300$104,800

Median gross rent

$827$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
Under 5	6.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.4%
75 and over	6.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
No high school diploma	12.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	35.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
Drove alone	80.8%	78.1%
Carpooled	7.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
1-unit, detached	73.1%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Sugar Creek
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1984	1953