
South Carolina · Census place 51720
Oak Grove, SC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Oak Grove, South Carolina (Oak Grove, SC — Census place “Oak Grove CDP”) is 12,031 residents, ranking #52 of 475 places in South Carolina. Median household income is $75,506, the median home is worth $195,700 and median gross rent runs $988 a month. Looking for the Oak Grove South Carolina ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Oak Grove, SC: 29073, 29170.
- Population
- 12,031Oak Grove CDP residents
- Median household income
- $75,506Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $195,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $988Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 82.8%Owner-occupied households
Oak Grove ZIP codes (South Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Oak Grove.
The Oak Grove SC ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Oak Grove CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Oak Grove CDP median would spend about 15.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 82.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Oak Grove CDP, SC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Oak Grove CDP is a mid-size town in South Carolina, with 12,031 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #52 of 475 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 36.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Oak Grove CDP earn a median of $75,506 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 42% above the $53,071 median for the 263 South Carolina cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Oak Grove CDP is valued at $195,700, 35.5% below the national figure and 11% above the $177,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $988 a month, 29.7% below the national figure, or roughly $11,856 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 82.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in South Carolina.
- Irmo town 11,799
- Parker CDP 12,564
- James Island town 11,738
- Boiling Springs CDP 12,609
- Powdersville CDP 11,321
- Gaffney city 12,612
- Fountain Inn city 11,307
- Orangeburg city 13,189
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Oak Grove CDP?
- Oak Grove CDP has 12,031 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #52 of 475 in South Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Oak Grove CDP?
- Median household income in Oak Grove CDP is $75,506 a year, 3.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oak Grove CDP?
- Median gross rent is $988 a month and the median home value is $195,700, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.
- Is Oak Grove CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Oak Grove CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Oak Grove CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.