Shady GroveOK
The town, home to 453 people, lies in Oklahoma.
Is Shady Grove a good place to live?
32% of residents live below the poverty line in Shady Grove, above both Oklahoma’s towns (18%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just one has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Shady Grove. Shady Grove has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
453 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Shady Grove: who provides what
Shady Grove is unincorporated, so Cherokee 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 Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Shady Grove.
Shady Grove has 0.7 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Shady Grove’s typical journey to work comes in at 28 minutes. Commuting out is the norm here: 1% of working residents work locally. Also worth knowing: between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 86, to 126. For half of commuters, work is under 24 miles away.
| Shady Grove | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $53,000 | $55,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The schools Shady Grove’s kids attend
Public schools: the Shady Grove school district. Its one school is below. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 134 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Grove Public SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 134 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts
Natural hazards: high risk in Shady Grove, mostly inland flooding
On expected storm and flood damage, Shady Grove sits above 78% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 51% come from inland flooding and 13% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
More middle-aged adults than Oklahoma overall
Among residents in Shady Grove, 14% are 65 or older. Adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). In Shady Grove, the age of the median resident is 42.8 years. Oklahoma has 28% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 23%.
| Shady Grove | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42.8 years | 36.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 23% | 20% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 29% and 64% women
The Census survey reached too few of Shady Grove’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±17.5 points. Across Oklahoma, 50.2% of residents are women.
| Shady Grove | OK | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 12.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.8% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.3% | 13.5% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.9% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.5% | 11.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 9.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.4% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 10.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 51.9% | 30.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.9% | 22.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.9% | 18.5% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.4% | 9.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 500, single groups can be off by several points
In Shady Grove, expect mild winters and hot summers
Among 132 Oklahoma towns, just 7 have a lower typical July afternoon high than Shady Grove. July afternoons reach 92°, January nights drop to 27° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Shady Grove is
27% of Shady Grove adults say their health is fair or poor. Only 8 of the 132 Oklahoma towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Shady Grove.
| Shady Grove | Oklahoma towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 18% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 41% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 38% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 12% |
| What stands out | Shady Grove | OK |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 26.5% | 16.4% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 13.4% | 9.6% |
| More smokers | 22% | 16.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
USS Batfish and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Shady Grove. Close and well known come first.
16 mi MuseumUSS Batfish
14 mi LandmarkFort Gibson
10 mi MuseumCherokee Heritage Center
40 mi MuseumWill Rogers Memorial Museum30 mi Theme parkDry Gulch, U.S.A.
39 mi MuseumEd Galloway's Totem Pole ParkPhoto credits
USS Batfish: Blackwing.1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Gibson: Fred Q. Casler, Photographer, Public domain · Cherokee Heritage Center: Uyvsdi, Public domain · Will Rogers Memorial Museum: TheWhitePelican, CC BY 3.0 · Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park: Photo by and ©2004 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!), CC BY-SA 2.5
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Everything we know about Shady Grove
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Shady Grove
About 4 of every 100 Shady Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oklahoma.
99% of working residents leave Shady Grove for work
Where Shady Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Shady Grove
Census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States
Shady Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 556 at the 2010 census. This is not to be confused with the similarly-named Shady Grove in McIntosh County, or the Shady Grove in Pawnee County.
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- Area
- 13 sq mi
Questions about Shady Grove
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Shady Grove, OK a good place to live?
Shady Grove has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.