White OakOH
A town of 19,216.
Is White Oak a good place to live?
White Oak is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 453rd among Ohio's 987 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $70K. A typical home there costs about $204K, 2.5 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. White Oak is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 72% of U.S. towns. 16% of workers work from home in White Oak, above both Ohio’s towns (9.7%) and U.S. towns (11%).
What makes White Oak stand out
Where White Oak beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave White Oak for work
Where White Oak’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How White Oak grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far White Oak is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Kings Island and 51 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around White Oak. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
9 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
7 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
7 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a year
8 mi Stadium & arenaTQL StadiumPhoto credits
Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 · TQL Stadium: Cornfield948, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to White Oak: who provides what
White Oak is unincorporated, so Hamilton 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 Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in White Oak.
White Oak is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has homes that are cheap against local pay.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of White Oak’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave White Oak for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in White Oak fell to 3,100 in 2023, 353 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Cincinnati (28%), Blue Ash (4%) and West Chester Township (4%).
| White Oak | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in White Oak
White Oak has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 16 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in White Oak, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 32 flood insurance claims have been paid out in White Oak.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, White Oak is healthier than 59% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,536 U.S. towns with household incomes like White Oak’s, it is healthier than 74%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
White Oak beats the Ohio average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 13% of White Oak adults report frequent physical distress.
| White Oak | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 38% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 28% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | White Oak | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.7% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
An age mix much like Ohio’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 35% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in White Oak.
| White Oak | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.7 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 24% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.4 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| White Oak | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.8% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.6% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.2% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.2% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.3% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
| White Oak | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Blue Rock Park | 0.5 mi | 11 |
| 2. Northside Knights of Columbus Sports Complex | — | 17 |
| 3. Haubner Field | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in White Oak sells for about $244K at the median
At 2.5 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 78% of Ohio towns; that ratio is one input to its B for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about White Oak
Colleges nearby
17 within 15 miles of the center of White Oak
About 4 of every 100 White Oak residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
About White Oak
Census-designated place in Ohio, United States
White Oak is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is seven miles northwest of Cincinnati. The population was 19,541 at the 2020 census. White Oak is situated in both Green Township and Colerain Township.
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- Area
- 6.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 915 ft
White Oak’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with White Oak.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak | #453 | B | B | — | C+ | B |
| Monfort Heights | #156 | A | B | — | C+ | A− |
| Cincinnati | #957 | D | C+ | D− | C | C |
| Colerain Township | #616 | B− | B− | C | C+ | B |
| Green Township | #285 | B+ | B | B− | B | B+ |
| North College Hill | #943 | D | B+ | D | C | D |
| Groesbeck | #468 | B | B | — | C+ | B− |
| Springfield Township | #814 | C | C+ | B− | C | C |
White Oak, Monfort Heights and Groesbeck report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare White Oak with a neighbor →
Questions about White Oak
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is White Oak, OH a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. White Oak grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #453 of 987 in Ohio. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
Is White Oak, OH expensive?
The typical home is worth about $204,000, 17% below the Ohio typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.