Oak Grove TownshipIN
A town of 1,597.
Is Oak Grove Township a good place to live?
Oak Grove Township’s best subject grades are an A− for cost of living, an A+ for history, and an A for civic life; its weakest is a D for walkability. 2.2% of working residents work locally in Oak Grove Township, where Indiana’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 8%. On history, just 18 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do better. Oak Grove Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Oak Grove Township stand out
Where Oak Grove Township beats most towns.
Community nonprofits per 1,000 residents
98% of working residents leave Oak Grove Township for work
Where Oak Grove Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oak Grove Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Oak Grove Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oak Grove Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Grove Township, 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 Township.
Health in Oak Grove Township trails 83% of U.S. towns
Oak Grove Township beats the Indiana average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 42% of adults have obesity in Oak Grove Township, above both Indiana’s towns (39%) and U.S. towns (35%). 19% of adults smoke cigarettes in Oak Grove Township.
| Oak Grove Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.2% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.8% | 15.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Oak Grove Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Oak Grove Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Oak Grove Township fell to 174 in 2023, 81 fewer than in 2013. The median household income in Oak Grove Township is $55,000.
| Oak Grove Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $55,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Oak Grove Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Oak Grove Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Oak Grove Township has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rommel Park | — | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Oak Grove Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Oak Grove Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Oak Grove Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Oak Grove Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Oak Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,551 and it contained 690 housing units. It was one of the first three townships originally created by the county's commissioners in 1840. It takes its name from White Oak Grove which grew southwest of Oxford.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 748 ft
Oak Grove Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Oak Grove Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Township | — | — | A− | — | B− | C− |
| Bolivar Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C |
| Grant Township | — | — | A | — | B− | C− |
| Center Township | #469 | C+ | A | — | B− | D |
| Adams Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pine Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Oak Grove Township, Bolivar Township and Grant Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oak Grove Township, Bolivar Township, Grant Township and Center Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Adams Township and Pine Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oak Grove Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Oak Grove Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Grove Township, IN 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−.