Oak Grove vs Telford

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

Oak Grove and Telford 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 875 in Telford). Telford has the higher median household income ($70,446 vs $63,625 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $221,300 in Telford).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Grove	Telford
Population	4,483	875
Median age	49.9 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,625	$70,446
Median home value	$241,100	$221,300
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	2,067	347
Homeownership rate	75.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Grove	Telford
Population	4,458 → 4,483 (+0.6%)	1,227 → 875 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$44,747 → $63,625 (+42.2%)	$40,833 → $70,446 (+72.5%)
Median home value	$175,300 → $241,100 (+37.5%)	$90,400 → $221,300 (+144.8%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $833 (+22.1%)	—

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

Telford

Population

1,227875

Median household income

$40,833$70,446

Median home value

$90,400$221,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Grove	Telford
Under 5	3.5%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	4.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	6.5%
35 to 44	7.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	27.1%
65 to 74	17.3%	18.7%
75 and over	9.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Grove	Telford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Grove	Telford
No high school diploma	7.7%	14.5%
High school graduate	29.7%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Grove	Telford
Drove alone	90.7%	64.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	12.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Grove	Telford
1-unit, detached	72.9%	63.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	36.6%

Poverty & households

	Oak Grove	Telford
Poverty rate	9.6%	0.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1987	1995