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SheetTN-OAK-GROVE-CDP-SUMNER-COUNTY-TN · Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County), TN 216 pop · income 78th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Iron · lowest
17,500
Iron · lowest
17,500 median HH income
9.2% of the leader · rank #1
Wind Lake · near
100,306
Wind Lake · near
100,306 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #2
Oak Grove CDP… · this city
100,313
Oak Grove CDP… · this city
100,313 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #3
Ponce Inlet · near
100,313
Ponce Inlet · near
100,313 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #4
Adams Center · near
100,313
Adams Center · near
100,313 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #5
Kelliher · near
100,316
Kelliher · near
100,316 median HH income
52.5% of the leader · rank #6
Smarr · highest
190,921
Smarr · highest
190,921 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 216.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) places in the 78th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
78th
percentile, household income
65th
percentile, home value
34th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County), TN
Tennessee's Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) is a small town, with 216 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) brings in $100,313 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 11.8%. Typical homes in Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) are valued around $300,000, and the median resident age is 33.0 years. Educational attainment runs 28.0% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 70.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Tennessee run below the national norm: the state registers 91.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,118 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Tennessee's average monthly utility costs around $218 (state average). Commute times here average 15.2 minutes, with 63.0% driving alone and 37.0% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)?
Within Tennessee, the closest population matches are Randolph (216 residents, $63,542 income); New Deal (214 residents, $57,250 income); Ocoee (210 residents, $174,773 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Pulaski, GA (216 residents); Smarr, GA (216 residents); Wyatt, IN (216 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 63.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.2 minutes.
High income · poverty 11.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
91.9 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Tennessee average
C+
City profile score · Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County), TN
62/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living B+
91.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income B+
$100,313
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
28.0%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 78/100 (B+) · 91.9 index
Household income: 77/100 (B+) · $100,313
Bachelor's+ share: 54/100 (C-) · 28.0%
Poverty rate: 33/100 (F) · 11.8%
How does Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income78% higher than other cities
Home value65% pricier than other cities
Median rent34% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Tennessee only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Tennessee-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) near the bottom of Tennessee's cities
Among the 482 Tennessee cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#36 of 458
92nd percentile in Tennessee
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 482
0th percentile in Tennessee
Median Home Value
#72 of 455
84th percentile in Tennessee
Poverty Rate
#208 of 482
56th percentile in Tennessee
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#112 of 482
77th percentile in Tennessee
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Tennessee only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
78th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$300,00035th percentilemore affordable than 35% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,636 of 15,516
More affordable than 57% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,626 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,636 of 15,516 and #5,626 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$100,313Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County), TN median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County), TN median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County), TN.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28.0%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
216
Median Income
$100,313
Median Home Value
$300,000
Median Age
33.0
Poverty Rate
11.8%
Labor force participation
70.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
28.0%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.2 minutes
Drive Alone
63.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
37.0%
Based on 100 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Tennessee statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $218
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Tennessee at $218 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Tennessee statewide averages, not a meter reading for Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Tennessee's BEA cost-of-living index is 91.9 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) is $1,118/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Tennessee statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 52.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Tennessee statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Oak Grove CDP (Sumner County) compares to similar-size Tennessee cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.