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A town of 16,796.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oak Grove grades B overall, 37th among Oregon's 142 graded towns. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 93% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $516K for a typical one and 5.3 times the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. 28% of workers work from home in Oak Grove, where Oregon’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 11%. Oak Grove has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Marshall Dana House and Lawrence D. Bailey House.
Where Oak Grove beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| View Acres Elementary School | K–5 | 367 |
| Riverside Elementary School | K–5 | 311 |
| Oak Grove Elementary | K–5 | 262 |
Where Oak Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Oak Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 7 maps from 1914 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Grove. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
8 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
28 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
9 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
4 mi WaterfallWillamette Falls
10 mi GardenForest ParkModa Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Willamette Falls: The original uploader was Cacophony at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0
Oak Grove is unincorporated, so Clackamas 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 Oct 2, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Grove.
27.8% of workers work from home, against 19% across Oregon.
Most working residents leave Oak Grove for work: only 4% work in town. Jobs based in Oak Grove grew to 4,089 in 2023, 506 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Portland (39%), Milwaukie (4%) and Tigard (4%).
| Oak Grove | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by North Clackamas SD 12. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is New Urban High School, with 320 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| View Acres Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 367 | C+ |
| New Urban High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 320 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Oak Grove beats the Oregon average on 3 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 75% of Oak Grove adults had a checkup this year.
| Oak Grove | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 32% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 21% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.9% | 8.5% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 68.5% | 64.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Oak Grove has mild winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Oak Grove is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities. Since 1980, 49 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oak Grove.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
People 65 and older are 25% of residents (19% statewide). 44% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Oak Grove.
| Oak Grove | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 44% | 27% | 29% |
| Median age | 44.7 years | 39.3 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.7 points. Across Oregon, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 46.3, men 43.1.
| Oak Grove | OR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.9% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.8% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.6% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.2% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.2% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 22.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.2% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.6% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
1.4 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Oak Grove’s trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Oak Grove | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Concord Park | 0.5 mi | 6 |
| 2. Rivervilla Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
| 3. Risley Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
16 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Grove
About 2 of every 100 Oak Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Oregon.
3 places in Oak Grove on the National Register of Historic Places.
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Oak Grove is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 17,290 as of the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Oak Grove.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | #37 | B | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Milwaukie | #39 | B− | D | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Lake Oswego | #4 | A | D− | B | A+ | A+ |
| Oatfield | #33 | B | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| West Linn | #6 | A | D− | B+ | A | A |
| Jennings Lodge | #50 | B− | D | — | B+ | B− |
| Dunthorpe | — | — | D− | — | A+ | A+ |
Dunthorpe has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oak Grove, Oatfield, Jennings Lodge and Dunthorpe report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oak Grove with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oak Grove grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #37 of 142 in Oregon. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $516,000, 5% above the Oregon 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 D.
