Elmo vs Oak Grove

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

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

Elmo has the higher population (1,377 vs 671 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median household income ($109,107 vs $36,923 in Elmo). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($260,700 vs $173,000 in Elmo).

Population, income & housing

	Elmo	Oak Grove
Population	1,377	671
Median age	46.2 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,923	$109,107
Median home value	$173,000	$260,700
Housing units	499	257
Homeownership rate	62.3%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmo	Oak Grove
Population	1,391 → 1,377 (-1.0%)	579 → 671 (+15.9%)
Median household income	$77,786 → $36,923 (-52.5%)	$78,750 → $109,107 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $173,000 (+97.7%)	$171,800 → $260,700 (+51.7%)

Elmo

Population

1,3911,377

Median household income

$77,786$36,923

Median home value

$87,500$173,000

Oak Grove

Population

579671

Median household income

$78,750$109,107

Median home value

$171,800$260,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmo	Oak Grove
Under 5	3.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	27.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	3.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	30.9%	17.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	8.5%
65 to 74	3.4%	10.9%
75 and over	8.0%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmo	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	55.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	39.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmo	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	18.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	49.5%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmo	Oak Grove
Drove alone	77.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmo	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	47.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	52.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elmo	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	0.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.87	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	38	37
Median year structure built	1986	1977