OatfieldOR
A town of 13,294.
Is Oatfield a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oatfield grades B overall, 33rd among Oregon's 142 graded towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $569K, 5.8 years of the Portland metro’s $97K median household income. 29% of residents are 65 or older in Oatfield, against 18% in Oregon’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Oatfield is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 84% of U.S. towns. John and Elizabeth Kinsman House is on the National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Oatfield stand out
Where Oatfield beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Bilquist Elementary School | K–5 | 373 |
| Micha-El School | K–7 | 66 |
| Alder Creek Middle School | 6–8 | 810 |
98% of working residents leave Oatfield for work
Where Oatfield’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oatfield grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Oregon), ordered by how far Oatfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moda Center and 169 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oatfield. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
9 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
26 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
4 mi WaterfallWillamette Falls
10 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
12 mi GardenForest ParkPhoto credits
Moda 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 · Willamette Falls: The original uploader was Cacophony at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Oatfield: who provides what
Oatfield 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oatfield.
Oatfield carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Oregon (mostly inland flooding) and owes part of its health edge to its incomes, but it has many renters stretched by housing costs.
Oatfield has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Oatfield for work: only 2% work in town. 21% of workers work from home in Oatfield. Jobs based in Oatfield grew to 2,413 in 2023, 466 more than in 2013.
| Oatfield | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Oatfield’s public schools outperform 72% of Oregon districts
Its public schools are run by North Clackamas SD 12. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Creek Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 810 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OR on state tests and graduation
Older than Oregon overall
People 65 and older are 29% of residents (19% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). The median age in Oatfield is 50.3 years. 36% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across Oregon.
| Oatfield | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.3 years | 39.3 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 15% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 36% | 27% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±2.3 points). Across Oregon, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Oatfield | OR | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 9.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.4% | 14% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.7% | 14.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.5% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.9% | 11.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13.2% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.2% | 22.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 30.9% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.2% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.4% | 14.1% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Low risk in Oatfield, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 91% of Oregon towns, with expected losses of about $257 per resident a year; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
Oatfield’s FEMA risk score is 31 of 100. Since 1980, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Oatfield.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Oatfield, expect mild winters and pleasant summers
Oatfield has mild winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 36° and about 4 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oatfield is healthier than 65% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,094 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oatfield’s, it is less healthy than 55%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Oatfield beats the Oregon average on 5 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 13% of Oatfield adults binge drink.
| Oatfield | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 27% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 72% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oatfield | OR |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 8.5% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 67.9% | 63.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Oatfield | Oregon towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Alder Creek Wildlife Area | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| 2. Ann-Toni Schreiber Park | 0.1 mi | 7 |
| 3. Alma Myra Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Oatfield sells for about $545K at the median
69.9% of renter households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, against 52.5% across Oregon.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Oatfield
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Oatfield
About 5 of every 100 Oatfield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Oregon.
About Oatfield
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Oatfield is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is in the Portland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Oatfield had a population of 13,977. It is named after Oatfield Road, which runs between Milwaukie and Gladstone. Oatfield Road was named for the Oatfield family, well-known pioneers of the area.
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- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 201 ft
- Area code
- 503, 971
Oatfield’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Oatfield.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Oak Grove (B) comes closest.
| Town | OR rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oatfield | #33 | B | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Gladstone | #63 | C | D | C+ | B | B |
| Milwaukie | #39 | B− | D | C+ | B+ | A− |
| Oak Grove | #37 | B | D | — | B+ | B+ |
| Jennings Lodge | #50 | B− | D | — | B+ | B− |
Oatfield, Oak Grove and Jennings Lodge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oatfield with a neighbor →
Questions about Oatfield
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oatfield, OR a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oatfield grades B overall, better than 60% of U.S. towns and #33 of 142 in Oregon. It grades B+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Oatfield, OR expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $569,000, 15% 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.