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A town of 2,408.
Oak Grove’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and health and an A for schools; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. Oak Grove’s income of the median household is $174,000, against $102,000 in Virginia’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. No town in Virginia scores higher than Oak Grove on hazard risk. Oak Grove is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 72% of U.S. towns. Only 30 of Virginia’s 371 towns score lower on history. Oak Grove has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Oak Grove beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Oak Grove | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 2.3% | 6.2% |
1,777 counted in 2010 and 2,452 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Oak Grove is from typical.
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The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2017 and 7 maps from 1915 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Grove. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi National park siteWhite House311K visitors a year
Big draw21 mi National MemorialWashington Monument204K visitors a year
Big draw20 mi LandmarkArlington National Cemetery
Big draw20 mi LandmarkUnited States Triumphal Arch
Big draw22 mi MuseumSmithsonian Institution30.0M visitors a year
5 mi MuseumSteven F. Udvar-Hazy Center1.6M visitors a yearWhite House: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Monument: Oren Rozen, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arlington National Cemetery: Protoant, Public domain · United States Triumphal Arch: Hstoops, CC0 · Smithsonian Institution: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer, Public domain · Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0
Oak Grove is unincorporated, so Loudoun 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 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Grove.
Oak Grove does better than the Virginia average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. Just over one in ten adults say their health is fair or poor in the town, where Virginia’s towns sit at 17% and U.S. towns at 19%. The share of adults in Oak Grove who smoke cigarettes: 6.8%. Also worth knowing: among 254 Virginia towns, just one has a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Oak Grove.
| Oak Grove | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 12% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove | VA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 2.3% | 6.2% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 2.7% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 69.8% | 76.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Jobs based in Oak Grove grew to 7,099 in 2023, 1,938 more than in 2013. The town’s mean commuting time comes in at 37 minutes. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Reston (8%), Tysons (6%) and Ashburn (5%).
| Oak Grove | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 0.6% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4% | 4.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Oak Grove once, in 2003. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 100% of U.S. communities. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 100% of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect July afternoons of 87° and January nights of 26°, with about 21 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails run 0.7 miles in 1 park or preserve. One park or preserve covers 8 acres in Oak Grove. In Oak Grove, the trail network density is 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Oak Grove | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Washington and Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park | 0.6 mi | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Among households in the town, 67% are owner-occupiers. Oak Grove’s typical rent stands at $2,519 a month.
| Oak Grove | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,519 a month | $1,762 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 67% | 68% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
7 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Grove
About 10 of every 100 Oak Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
Where Oak Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Census-designated place in Virginia
Oak Grove is a census-designated place in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The population as of the 2010 United States census was 1,777. Oak Grove is located in eastern Loudoun County, on the Fairfax County border, between the communities of Sterling Park and Herndon. The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad once travelled through the community, now replaced by the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail.
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2 towns share a border with Oak Grove.
Oak Grove has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Oak Grove and Sterling report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oak Grove with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. The typical home is worth about $640,000, 55% above the Virginia 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 C−.
