Oak GroveKY
Is Oak Grove a good place to live?
Oak Grove earns a D−, better than 2% of U.S. towns, mostly because of incomes and safety. The median household income is $49K, and 23% of residents live below the poverty line. Its police reported 23 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. In its favor, homes are within reach, about $208K for a typical one, or 3 years of the Clarksville metro’s $69K median household income. 4.6% of residents are 65 or older in Oak Grove, below both the Kentucky town median (17%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Oak Grove's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns. Among 142 Kentucky towns, just 4 have a lower median age than Oak Grove.
What makes Oak Grove stand out
Where Oak Grove beats most towns.
How Oak Grove grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kentucky), ordered by how far Oak Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oak Grove: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Grove, 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.
Oak Grove sends many workers across the state line to Nashville and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it has little public open land.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove Classical Christian PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 85 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within KY on state tests and graduation
Oak Grove earns a C− for safety
Reported crimes fell from 312 to 171 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Oak Grove’s property crime rate is 18.5 per 1,000 residents. Only 8 of the 115 Kentucky towns we compare have a higher violent crime rate than Oak Grove. Oak Grove reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 83% report less.
| Oak Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.5 per 1,000 residents | 8.2 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 2.9 per 1,000 residents | 1.3 | 1.6 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Oak Grove stands out in Kentucky and nationally: a larger share of its adults report frequent mental distress
Against the 5,545 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oak Grove’s, it is healthier than 58%, so its C− isn’t only a matter of income. Within Kentucky it is less healthy than 56% of the 141 graded towns: much of Kentucky scores lower on these measures.
24% of adults report frequent mental distress in Oak Grove. Of the 141 Kentucky towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who worry about having enough food than Oak Grove. 45% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Oak Grove.
| Oak Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 40% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove | KY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 3.3% | 8.7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4% | 8.2% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 22.1% | 11.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oak Grove faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oak Grove.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Oak Grove
Oak Grove has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Oak Grove is 89°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in ten working residents works right in Oak Grove
38% of working residents cross a state line to work, Nashville among the top destinations. Oak Grove has about as many jobs (2,308) as working residents, but only 202 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Oak Grove for work: only 10% work in town. Jobs based in Oak Grove grew to 2,308 in 2023, 1,175 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Clarksville (20%), Hopkinsville (20%) and Nashville (4%).
| Oak Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $49,000 | $60,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 15% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oak Grove earns a B− for cost of living
Home values rose 45% in five years, to about $209K, against 25% across Kentucky.
40% of Oak Grove households own their home. The typical Oak Grove home is worth about $209,000, down 1.1% in a year, 10% below the Kentucky typical home.
| Oak Grove | Kentucky towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 40% | 59% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,197 a month | $930 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Conserved land covers 0.1% of Oak Grove
Just 10 of its 6,842 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Oak Grove itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Among 121 Kentucky towns, just 10 have a lower share of conserved land than Oak Grove. The biggest park or preserve is War Memorial Trail Park, at 31 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. War Memorial Trail Park | — | 31 |
| 2. War Memorial Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Fire Department Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Oak Grove
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Grove
About 7 of every 100 Oak Grove residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Kentucky.
About Oak Grove
City in Kentucky, United States
Oak Grove is a home rule-class city adjacent to the Fort Campbell army base in Christian County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 7,931 as of the 2020 census, up from 7,489 as of the 2010 U.S. census. It is part of the Clarksville, Tennessee metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 11 sq mi
- Elevation
- 541 ft
- ZIP code
- 42262
Oak Grove’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Oak Grove.
| Town | KY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | #137 | D− | B− | C− | C | C− |
| Fort Campbell North | — | — | D− | — | — | B+ |
Fort Campbell North reports no FBI crime data of its own. Fort Campbell North isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oak Grove with a neighbor →
Questions about Oak Grove
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Grove, KY a good place to live?
Oak Grove grades D− overall, better than 2% of U.S. towns. It grades C− for health, C− for safety and C for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Oak Grove, KY expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.