Gladstone vs Oak Grove

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

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (17,408 vs 11,986 in Gladstone). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($90,395 vs $81,611 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($485,200 vs $463,600 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
Population	11,986	17,408
Median age	45.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$90,395	$81,611
Median home value	$463,600	$485,200
Median gross rent	$1,716	$1,694
Housing units	5,212	7,614
Homeownership rate	63.8%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
Population	12,170 → 11,986 (-1.5%)	17,872 → 17,408 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$64,045 → $90,395 (+41.1%)	$66,655 → $81,611 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$302,200 → $463,600 (+53.4%)	$324,000 → $485,200 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,334 → $1,716 (+28.6%)	$1,342 → $1,694 (+26.2%)

Gladstone

Population

12,17011,986

Median household income

$64,045$90,395

Median home value

$302,200$463,600

Median gross rent

$1,334$1,716

Oak Grove

Population

17,87217,408

Median household income

$66,655$81,611

Median home value

$324,000$485,200

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
Under 5	2.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.3%
75 and over	6.6%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	78.9%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	1.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	9.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
Drove alone	66.0%	62.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.5%
Public transit	2.3%	4.9%
Walked	1.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	24.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	63.8%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	6.0%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	13.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1975	1970