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INDUSTRY
Are you ready to take
your business to the next level?
Oak Grove is committed
to recruiting and retaining business and industry. Our strongest assets are
our young labor force, plenty of available land and a convenient location.
We’ve:
• Upgraded our public water and sewer systems.
• Rezoned land as industrial area between
0 Oak Grove Exits 86 and 89 on
Interstate 24.
• Widened Highway 41-A.
• Classified a 40-acre tract as a certified
automotive site.
And our Christian
County Economic Development Council is working with regional and state
government to create an industrial park in Oak Grove.
There’s no doubt,
Oak Grove is open for business.
Demographics
Population: 8,000
Male-Female Ratio: 53.1% to 46.9%
Average Age: 26
Total households: 2,529
High school graduate or higher: 88.6%
Percent in labor force: 77.2%
Occupation
Management/Professional: 18.6%
Service Occupations: 18.8%
Sales/Office: 29.6%
Construction/Maintenance: 13.9%
Production/Transportation/Material Moving: 19%
Industry
Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing/Hunting/Mining: 0.5%
Arts/Entertainment/Recreation/Accommodation/Food Services: 11.6%
Construction: 7.6%
Educational/Health/Social Services: 15%
Finance/Insurance/Real Estate/Rental and Leasing: 4.8%
Information: 1.9%
Manufacturing: 16.2%
Professional/Scientific/Management/Administrative/Waste Management Services:
7.8%
Retail trade: 16.0%
Transportation/Warehousing/Utilities: 5.5%
Wholesale trade: 0.5%
Other Services (except public administration): 4.1%
Public Administration: 8.5%
Easy
Access
From Oak Grove, your
business will have easy access to–
• Nashville (45 miles)
• Louisville (175 miles)
• Memphis (180) miles
• Indianapolis (244 miles)
• Atlanta (290 miles)
• St. Louis
(300 miles)
Related Links:
Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development [www.thinkkentucky.com]
Kentucky Cabinet for Workforce Development [www.workforce.ky.gov]
Kentucky Department for Employment Services [www.oet.ky.gov/index.asp]
Kentucky Industrial Development Council [www.kidc.org]
Kentucky Rural Water Association [www.krwa.org]
Pennyrile Area Development District [www.peadd.org]
Pennyrile Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation [www.precc.com]
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