For population 25 years and over in Oak Grove Heights:
High school or higher: 74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
Unemployed: 6.6%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Oak Grove Heights town:
Never married: 16.2%
Now married: 66.8%
Separated: 1.6%
Widowed: 5.3%
Divorced: 10.0%
0 residents are foreign born
This town:
0.0%
Arkansas:
2.8%
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $383 (0.4%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $409 (0.5%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jonesboro, AR (23.0 miles , pop. 55,515).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Memphis, TN (76.3 miles , pop. 650,100).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (423.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).
Oak Grove Heights-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Arkansas state average. It is 209% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 1/21/1999, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 10.7 miles away from the Oak Grove Heights town center caused $1 million in damages.
On 5/26/1973, a category F4 tornado 22.5 miles away from the town center killed 3 peopleand injured 289 peopleand causedbetween $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Oak Grove Heights-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Arkansas state average. It is 20% greater than the overall U.S. average.
On 3/25/1976 at 00:41:20, a magnitude 5.0 (4.9 MB, 5.0 LG, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 35.5 miles away from the city center On 5/4/1991 at 01:18:54, a magnitude 5.0 (4.4 MB, 4.6 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 49.0 miles away from Oak Grove Heights center On 9/26/1990 at 13:18:51, a magnitude 5.0 (4.7 MB, 4.8 LG, 5.0 LG, Depth: 7.7 mi) earthquake occurred 90.2 miles away from the city center On 4/27/1989 at 16:47:49, a magnitude 4.7 (4.6 MB, 4.7 LG, 4.3 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 42.6 miles away from the city center On 3/25/1976 at 01:00:11, a magnitude 4.5 (4.1 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 35.8 miles away from Oak Grove Heights center On 9/29/1987 at 00:04:56, a magnitude 4.6 (4.6 MB, 4.5 LG) earthquake occurred 92.1 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Greene County (17) is greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 15 Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 11, Floods: 8, Tornadoes: 6, Winter Storms: 3, Wind: 1, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Tropical Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oak Grove Heights:
ARKANSAS METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 5 miles away; PARAGOULD, AR)
PIGGOTT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 21 miles away; PIGGOTT, AR)
NEA BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Proprietary, provides emergency services, about 22 miles away; JONESBORO, AR)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Oak Grove Heights:
Notable locations in Oak Grove Heights: Oak Grove Heights Volunteer Fire Department (A), Oak Grove Heights Police Department (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Greene County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level less than 2 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Low Potential
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 11.6%
(11.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents)
Average household size:
This town:
2.9 people
Arkansas:
2.4 people
Percentage of family households:
This town:
78.2%
Whole state:
68.2%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:
3.0%
Whole state:
3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Religion statistics for Oak Grove Heights (based on Greene County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 61.47%
Here
61.5%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Southern Baptist Convention
Churches of Christ
United Methodist Church
Catholic Church
Baptist Missionary Association of America
Adherents
61.2%
14.6%
10.6%
2.7%
2.2%
Congregations
37.2%
22.3%
11.7%
1.1%
3.2%
Name
National Association of Free Will Baptists
Lutheran Church
American Baptist Association
Assemblies of God
Other
Adherents
1.6%
1.6%
1.5%
1.2%
2.6%
Congregations
3.2%
2.1%
4.3%
3.2%
11.7%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 5
Greene County:
1.24 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
2.02 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
This county:
0.25 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.25 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 4
Greene County:
0.99 / 10,000 pop.
Arkansas:
0.59 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 16
Greene County:
3.97 / 10,000 pop.
State:
4.94 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 26
Here:
6.44 / 10,000 pop.
State:
6.66 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
9.3%
Arkansas:
9.8%
Adult obesity rate:
Greene County:
29.7%
Arkansas:
29.1%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:
14.5%
State:
13.6%
Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function
Full-time employees
Monthly full-time payroll
Average yearly full-time wage
Part-time employees
Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration
0
$0
1
$153
Other Government Administration
0
$0
8
$2,601
Judicial and Legal
0
$0
2
$493
Police Protection - Officers
1
$2,652
$31,824
1
$306
Streets and Highways
1
$2,465
$29,580
0
$0
Totals for Government
2
$5,117
$30,702
12
$3,553
6.59% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,579 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
6.59%
Arkansas average:
7.98%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
