Oak Grove, Alabama

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Population (year 2000): 457. Estimated population in July 2006: 447 (-2.2% change)

Males: 213	(46.6%)
Females: 244	(53.4%)

Talladega County

Median resident age:	39.1 years
Alabama median age:	35.8 years

Zip codes: 35150.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,500 (it was $28,625 in 2000)

Oak Grove	$28,500
Alabama:	$36,879

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $73,000 (it was $61,800 in 2000)

Oak Grove	$73,000
Alabama:	$97,500

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Races in Oak Grove:

White Non-Hispanic (96.3%)
Black (2.8%)

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Ancestries: United States (49.7%), English (6.8%), Irish (5.3%), German (1.8%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 558 feet

Land area: 1.14 square miles.

Population density: 390 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Oak Grove

High school or higher: 63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.6%
Unemployed: 7.5%
Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Oak Grove town

Never married: 8.9%
Now married: 63.0%
Separated: 3.1%
Widowed: 7.5%
Divorced: 17.5%

5 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.1%
Alabama:	2.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Oak Grove:	0.3% ($199)
Alabama:	0.3% ($289)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Hoover, AL (37.1 miles , pop. 62,742).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Birmingham, AL (42.0 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (605.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Gantts Quarry, AL (2.6 miles) , Mignon, AL (2.7 miles ), Sylacauga, AL (3.7 miles ), Bon Air, AL (5.5 miles) , Childersburg, AL (6.8 miles ), Sycamore-Winterboro, AL (10.3 miles ), Talladega Springs, AL (10.9 miles) , Harpersville, AL (12.6 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 0 buildings
2000: 0 buildings
2001: 0 buildings
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 0 buildings
2004: 1 building, cost: $55,000
2005: 1 building, cost: $55,000
2006: 8 buildings, average cost: $134,300
2007: 4 buildings, average cost: $133,800

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

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Latitude: 33.19 N, Longitude: 86.30 W

15 people in nursing homes

Area code commonly used in this area: 256

Population change in the 1990s: +102 (+28.7%).

Most common industries for males:

Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
Mining (7%)
Food (7%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Textile mills and textile products (6%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (19%)
Public administration (11%)
Textile mills and textile products (7%)
Social assistance (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Construction (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (15%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Health technologists and technicians (7%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Registered nurses (6%)

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Average climate in Oak Grove, Alabama

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Oak Grove, Alabama average precipitation

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Oak Grove-area historical tornado activity is near Alabama state average. It is 139% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 1/24/1964, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 11.0 miles away from the Oak Grove town center killed 10 people and injured 6 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/4/1977, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 39.3 miles away from the town center killed 22 people and injured 130 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Oak Grove:

COOSA VALLEY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; SYLACAUGA, AL)
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER (about 22 miles; TALLADEGA, AL)
ST CLAIR REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; PELL CITY, AL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Oak Grove:

TALLADEGA MUNI (about 32 miles; TALLADEGA, AL; ID: ASN)
BIRMINGHAM INTL (about 40 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; ID: BHM)
ANNISTON METROPOLITAN (about 42 miles; ANNISTON, AL; ID: ANB)

Other public-use airports nearest to Oak Grove:

MERKEL FIELD SYLACAUGA MUNI (about 2 miles; SYLACAUGA, AL; ID: SCD)
ST CLAIR COUNTY (about 26 miles; PELL CITY, AL; ID: PLR)
GRAGG-WADE FIELD (about 32 miles; CLANTON, AL; ID: 02A)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Oak Grove:

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (about 39 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Full-time enrollment: 4,106)
UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 40 miles; MONTEVALLO, AL; FT enrollment: 2,651)
JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (about 50 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 12,178)
FAULKNER UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 2,283)
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE (about 57 miles; MONTGOMERY, AL; FT enrollment: 126,963)
SOUTHERN UNION STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; WADLEY, AL; FT enrollment: 2,925)

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Average household size:

This town:	2.5 people
Alabama:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	70.2%
Whole state:	70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.1%
Whole state:	3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 1.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	15.7%
Whole state:	16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	1.5%
Whole state:	7.3%

Oak Grove compared to Alabama state average:

Median household income below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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2004 Presidential Election results in Talladega County Alabama:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,030 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.71%
Alabama average:	6.81%

0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($288 average AGI)
Talladega County: 0.05%
Alabama average: 0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Calhoun County, AL	1.07% ($45,708 average AGI)
from Jefferson County, AL	0.51% ($44,241)
from St. Clair County, AL	0.50% ($29,185)

5.79% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,888 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.79%
Alabama average:	6.16%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Calhoun County, AL	1.07% ($30,460 average AGI)
to St. Clair County, AL	0.64% ($36,638)
to Jefferson County, AL	0.51% ($38,679)

Strongest AM radio stations in Oak Grove:

WYEA (1290 AM; 1 kW; SYLACAUGA, AL; Owner: SPIRIT BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
WFEB (1340 AM; 1 kW; SYLACAUGA, AL; Owner: ALABAMA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
WFHK (1430 AM; 5 kW; PELL CITY, AL; Owner: STOCKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WZZX (780 AM; daytime; 5 kW; LINEVILLE, AL; Owner: ROBERT A. PERRY)
WMSP (740 AM; 10 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WACV (1170 AM; 10 kW; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: MONTGOMERY BROADCAST PROPERTIES, LTD)
WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)

Strongest FM radio stations in Oak Grove:

WTRB-FM (98.3 FM; SYLACAUGA, AL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WTDR (92.7 FM; TALLADEGA, AL; Owner: JACOBS BROADCAST GROUP, INC.)
WTBJ (91.3 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
WGIB (91.9 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: GLEN IRIS BAPTIST SCHOOL)
WBPT (106.9 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WBHK (98.7 FM; WARRIOR, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WZZK-FM (104.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WSSY-FM (97.5 FM; TALLADEGA, AL; Owner: GREAT SOUTH RFDC, LLC)
WLWI-FM (92.3 FM; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WODL (97.3 FM; HOMEWOOD, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
WBHM (90.3 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BD OF TRUSTEES/U OF AL AT BIRMINGHAM)
WRAX (107.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WYSF (94.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WVOK-FM (97.9 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: WOODARD BROADCASTING CO. INC.)
WMJJ (96.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WQEM (101.5 FM; COLUMBIANA, AL; Owner: GLEN IRIS BAPTIST SCHOOL)
WQEN (103.7 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLJR (88.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BRIARWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH)
WZRR (99.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WDJC-FM (93.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Oak Grove:

W04CB (Channel 4; SYLACAUGA, AL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WNCF (Channel 32; MONTGOMERY, AL; Owner: CHANNEL 32 MONTGOMERY LLC)
WIAT (Channel 42; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WBIQ (Channel 10; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
WTTO (Channel 21; HOMEWOOD, AL; Owner: WTTO LICENSEE, LLC)
WBRC (Channel 6; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: WBRC LICENSE, INC.)
WVTM-TV (Channel 13; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM BROADCASTING (WVTM-TV), LLC)
WABM (Channel 68; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM (WABM-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
WJSU-TV (Channel 40; ANNISTON, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INC.)

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