Oak GroveAR
91 residents make their home in this town in Arkansas.
Is Oak Grove a good place to live?
Of the 124 Arkansas towns we compare, none has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Oak Grove. Oak Grove has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Grove.
The biggest natural risk in Oak Grove is inland flooding, at a very high overall level
Oak Grove’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 80 of 100. FEMA puts nearly two fifths of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 32% to tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About half of Oak Grove’s working residents commute to Russellville
Commuting out is the norm in Oak Grove: 1% of working residents work locally. Among residents here, 18% live below the poverty line, close to Arkansas’ towns (18%) and above U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Russellville (47%), Atkins (6%) and Little Rock (5%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 11 miles.
| Oak Grove | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 18% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Oak Grove
July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 29° and about 3 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Oak Grove is
Among adults in Oak Grove, 26% have been diagnosed with depression, near the Arkansas town median (25%) and above the median of U.S. towns (23%). Oak Grove: just over a fifth of adults smoke cigarettes. Only 8 of the 124 Arkansas towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Oak Grove. In Oak Grove, 47% of adults have obesity, and 22% report frequent mental distress.
| Oak Grove | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 39% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 20% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove | AR |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 22.4% | 15.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 24.2% | 18.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.6% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Oak Grove
Moving to Oak Grove: who provides what
Oak Grove is unincorporated, so Pope County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
99% of working residents leave Oak Grove for work
Where Oak Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Grove
About 0 of every 100 Oak Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
Questions about Oak Grove
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