Oak Grove vs Spurgeon

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

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

Oak Grove has the higher population (4,483 vs 3,749 in Spurgeon). Spurgeon has the higher median household income ($66,091 vs $63,625 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $197,500 in Spurgeon).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
Population	4,483	3,749
Median age	49.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,625	$66,091
Median home value	$241,100	$197,500
Median gross rent	$833	$796
Housing units	2,067	1,967
Homeownership rate	75.4%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
Population	4,458 → 4,483 (+0.6%)	4,666 → 3,749 (-19.7%)
Median household income	$44,747 → $63,625 (+42.2%)	$56,667 → $66,091 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $241,100 (+37.5%)	$150,400 → $197,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $833 (+22.1%)	$814 → $796 (-2.2%)

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

Spurgeon

Population

4,6663,749

Median household income

$56,667$66,091

Median home value

$150,400$197,500

Median gross rent

$814$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
Under 5	3.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	12.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	7.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	21.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	8.6%
75 and over	9.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	81.9%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	29.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
Drove alone	90.7%	76.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	17.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
1-unit, detached	72.9%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	12.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Spurgeon
Poverty rate	9.6%	21.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1987	1979