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This town in Oregon has a population of 16,796.
Walkability is its strong suit — it is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 93% of U.S. towns. Overall, Oak Grove earns a B, which places it 37th of 142 in Oregon. On that grade it does better than 56% of U.S. towns. It is strong on schools as well: its schools rank ahead of 72% of Oregon towns. The catch is cost of living (D): the typical home is worth about $516K, 5.3 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. This Oregon town has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Marshall Dana House and Lawrence D. Bailey House. 28% of workers do their job from home here, where Oregon’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 11%.
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places.
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 City parkForest 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.
Jobs in Oak Grove grew by 506 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 4,089. Most working residents leave Oak Grove for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (39%), Milwaukie (4%) and Tigard (4%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 7 miles.
| Oak Grove | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 28% | 14% | 11% |
| 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 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The largest public high school is New Urban High School, with 320 students. Public schools: North Clackamas SD 12. Two of the 4 schools are below, and why each made the list.
| 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
CDC measures, 26 in all: Oak Grove beats Oregon on 3 and trails on 1. For adults here, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 28%. 14% of adults in Oak Grove binge drink; 75% had a checkup this year.
| Oak Grove | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| 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
The peak summer temperature for Oak Grove comes to 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oak Grove has had 49 paid flood insurance claims since 1980. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 66% of U.S. communities. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2020.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Oak Grove, 44% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. People 65 and older are a quarter of residents (19% statewide). The town’s midpoint age stands at 44.7 years.
| 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
Across 4 parks and preserves: 1.4 miles of trail. In Oak Grove, the 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
Oak Grove’s typical rent comes in at $1,744 a month. Homes sold in Oak Grove spent a median 22 days on the market. Sellers in Oak Grove got 98.7% of the asking price, typically.
| Oak Grove | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,744 a month | $1,413 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 65% | 65% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.
