Oak ParkGA
A town of 517, settled in 1904.
Is Oak Park a good place to live?
25% of residents live below the poverty line in Oak Park, above both the Georgia town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Oak Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
517 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Oak Park: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Park, 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 Park.
Oak Park has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The top destinations are Swainsboro (15%), Vidalia (13%) and Metter (4%). The average trip to work in Oak Park is 29 minutes. For half of commuters, work is under 18 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oak Park has mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 93°, January nights drop to 38° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Oak Park is
In Oak Park, 37% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Two figures for adults here: 19% smoke cigarettes, 33% get no exercise outside work.
| Oak Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 29% | 25% |
| What stands out | Oak Park | GA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.3% | 6.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20% | 14.5% |
| More smokers | 18.5% | 13.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oak Park has a moderate natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
One declared disaster, in 2024, has brought federal aid to Oak Park households. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 57% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts just over a third of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 27% to hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Oak Park
4.5 miles of trail. Among 229 Georgia towns, just 7 have a lower share of conserved land than Oak Park. Also worth knowing: for Oak Park, the density of trails is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Oak Park | Georgia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Oak Park sell for about $220K
For households in Oak Park, the share who live in a home they own is 75%.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Oak Park
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Park
About 3 of every 100 Oak Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Georgia.
100% of working residents leave Oak Park for work
Where Oak Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Oak Park
City in Georgia, United States
Oak Park is a city in Emanuel County, Georgia, United States. The population was 484 at the 2010 census, up from 366 in 2000. By 2020, its population was 512.
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- Area
- 7.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 259 ft
- Area code
- 478
Questions about Oak Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Park, GA a good place to live?
Oak Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.