Oak GroveWI
A town of 2,561.
Is Oak Grove a good place to live?
Oak Grove grades A overall, 67th of 357 graded towns in Wisconsin, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $153K and its public schools beat 87% of Wisconsin towns on state tests and graduation. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 81% of the country. A typical home there costs about $531K, 5.3 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. Oak Grove’s income of the median household is $153,000, above both the Wisconsin town median ($87,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). On the outdoors, just 41 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 71% of U.S. towns.
What makes Oak Grove stand out
Where Oak Grove beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Oak Grove for work
Where Oak Grove’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oak Grove grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Oak Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Oak Grove: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Grove, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oak Grove.
Oak Grove sends many workers across the state line to Red Wing, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and has household incomes well above the Wisconsin norm.
Oak Grove’s grade for health is an A−
Against the 2,543 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oak Grove’s, it is less healthy than 73%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Oak Grove: just over a fifth of adults binge drink. 14% of adults in Oak Grove say their health is fair or poor; 15% report frequent mental distress.
| Oak Grove | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oak Grove | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 12.1% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Few of Oak Grove’s working residents work in town
49% of working residents cross a state line to work, Red Wing among the top destinations. Oak Grove has 110 jobs for its 873 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
For Oak Grove, the average trip to work is 30 minutes. This Wisconsin town had 110 jobs in 2023, up 41 from 2013. Among residents in the town, 4% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Prescott (12%), Red Wing (11%) and River Falls (10%).
| Oak Grove | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Young adults are less common in Oak Grove than in Wisconsin
The median household earns $153,279, against $77,485 across Wisconsin, one input to its A for jobs and income.
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 42% of adults 25 and older, vs 33% across Wisconsin. Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (38% statewide). 2,561 people lived in Oak Grove by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 8.6% more than in 2020. In Oak Grove, 15% of residents are 65 or older.
| Oak Grove | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 21% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 32% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 42.1 years | 40.5 years |
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: ±2.8 points). Across Wisconsin, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Oak Grove | WI | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.3% | 11.2% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.6% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.4% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.2% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.8% | 11.8% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17% | 13.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10% | 11.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.6% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.7% | 6.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.9% | 29.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.8% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.4% | 11.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 30.7% | 22% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.4% | 11.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Oak Grove is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
50% of Oak Grove’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 21%. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Oak Grove
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Grove
About 5 of every 100 Oak Grove residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Wisconsin.
About Oak Grove
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Oak Grove is a town in Pierce County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,361 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated community of Smith Landing is located in this town.
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- Area
- 40 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,024 ft
Oak Grove’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Oak Grove.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | #67 | A | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Prescott | #25 | A+ | C+ | A− | A | A− |
| Trimbelle | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Diamond Bluff | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clifton | — | — | B− | — | A− | A− |
Trimbelle and Clifton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oak Grove, Trimbelle and Clifton report no FBI crime data of their own. Diamond Bluff isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oak Grove with a neighbor →
Questions about Oak Grove
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Grove, WI a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Oak Grove grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #67 of 357 in Wisconsin. It grades A− for health and A for schools.
Is Oak Grove, WI expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.