Oak Grove HeightsAR
A town of 1,195, settled in 1980.
Is Oak Grove Heights a good place to live?
The best of Oak Grove Heights’ subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 14 of Arkansas’ 200 towns do worse. On history, just 1 of Arkansas’ 201 towns do worse. Oak Grove Heights's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns. Oak Grove Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Oak Grove Heights stand out
Where Oak Grove Heights beats most towns.
1,195 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Oak Grove Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Arkansas), ordered by how far Oak Grove Heights is from typical.
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Moving to Oak Grove Heights: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Grove Heights, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Grove Heights.
On CDC estimates, Oak Grove Heights is less healthy than four in five U.S. towns
Oak Grove Heights: 32% of adults get no exercise outside work, against 34% in Arkansas’ towns and 25% across U.S. towns. Of 32 CDC measures, Oak Grove Heights beats the Arkansas average on 2 and trails it on 2. In Oak Grove Heights, just over a fifth of adults report frequent mental distress. Among 124 Arkansas towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Oak Grove Heights.
| Oak Grove Heights | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 36% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove Heights | AR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 11% | 13.3% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.4% | 4% |
| More adults with depression | 28.8% | 24.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oak Grove Heights’ public schools trail 63% of Arkansas districts
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Paragould School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–6 | Grades 5–6 | 447 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AR on state tests and graduation
Fewer of Oak Grove Heights’ working residents work locally than in the typical Arkansas or U.S. town
For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 7.4%. Oak Grove Heights’ average trip to work is 27 minutes, where Arkansas’ towns sit at 21 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are Paragould (47%), Jonesboro (15%) and Batesville (2%). In Oak Grove Heights, the middle household income is $82,000.
| Oak Grove Heights | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.4% | 22% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 18% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 21 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Oak Grove Heights: inland flooding
One flood insurance claim has been paid in Oak Grove Heights since 2025. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 77% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 27% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to earthquakes. Federal aid has come to Oak Grove Heights households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Oak Grove Heights
July afternoons reach 90°, 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
The typical home in Oak Grove Heights is valued at about $193K
Among households in Oak Grove Heights, 82% own their home. Home values are up 2.8% over the year to September 2026. Oak Grove Heights’ going rate for rent stands at $785 a month.
| Oak Grove Heights | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 60% | 73% |
| Median rent | $785 a month | $878 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fewer adults under 35 in Oak Grove Heights than across Arkansas
Adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (22% statewide). Oak Grove Heights is growing: up 10% since 2020, to 1,195 residents (2025 estimate). 17% of Oak Grove Heights adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Oak Grove Heights | Arkansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 17% | 20% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.1 years | 36.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 25% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 16% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.8 points. Across Arkansas, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Oak Grove Heights | AR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.7% | 12.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.6% | 10.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.2% | 9.4% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.4% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.5% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.8% | 7.2% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.5% | 11.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 40.8% | 34.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.4% | 20.7% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 8.2% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.7% | 16.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.3% | 9.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
0% of Oak Grove Heights is conserved land
1.0 miles of trail. Oak Grove Heights’ trail network density comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Oak Grove Heights
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Grove Heights
About 2 of every 100 Oak Grove Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Arkansas.
100% of working residents leave Oak Grove Heights for work
Where Oak Grove Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Oak Grove Heights
City in Arkansas, United States
Oak Grove Heights is a city in Greene County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,104 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 335 ft
- Area code
- 870
Questions about Oak Grove Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Grove Heights, AR expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.