Johnson City vs Oak Grove

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

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

Johnson City has the higher population (71,455 vs 4,483 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($63,625 vs $55,429 in Johnson City). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $238,000 in Johnson City).

Population, income & housing

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
Population	71,455	4,483
Median age	35.1 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,429	$63,625
Median home value	$238,000	$241,100
Median gross rent	$957	$833
Housing units	33,086	2,067
Homeownership rate	49.8%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
Population	66,515 → 71,455 (+7.4%)	4,458 → 4,483 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$41,682 → $55,429 (+33.0%)	$44,747 → $63,625 (+42.2%)
Median home value	$167,500 → $238,000 (+42.1%)	$175,300 → $241,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $957 (+26.8%)	$682 → $833 (+22.1%)

Johnson City

Population

66,51571,455

Median household income

$41,682$55,429

Median home value

$167,500$238,000

Median gross rent

$755$957

Oak Grove

Population

4,4584,483

Median household income

$44,747$63,625

Median home value

$175,300$241,100

Median gross rent

$682$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
Under 5	4.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	16.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	17.3%
75 and over	6.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	81.8%	91.9%
Black or African American	6.3%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
Drove alone	78.7%	90.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	1.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	7.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	53.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	18.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	8.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Johnson City	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	21.1%	9.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1983	1987