Green Forest vs Oak Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Green Forest and Oak Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Green Forest and Oak Grove are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Green Forest has the higher population (3,072 vs 327 in Oak Grove). Green Forest has the higher median household income ($63,813 vs $45,781 in Oak Grove). Oak Grove has the higher median home value ($141,300 vs $127,100 in Green Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
Population	3,072	327
Median age	33.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,813	$45,781
Median home value	$127,100	$141,300
Median gross rent	$803	$688
Housing units	948	185
Homeownership rate	63.1%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
Population	2,691 → 3,072 (+14.2%)	448 → 327 (-27.0%)
Median household income	$42,019 → $63,813 (+51.9%)	$36,250 → $45,781 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $127,100 (+46.8%)	$80,900 → $141,300 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $803 (+14.7%)	$635 → $688 (+8.3%)

Green Forest

Population

2,6913,072

Median household income

$42,019$63,813

Median home value

$86,600$127,100

Median gross rent

$700$803

Oak Grove

Population

448327

Median household income

$36,250$45,781

Median home value

$80,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$635$688

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
Under 5	4.1%	1.8%
5 to 17	22.4%	18.0%
18 to 24	13.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.0%
65 to 74	3.9%	22.0%
75 and over	3.8%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	31.1%	60.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.6%
Asian	7.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	33.9%
Hispanic or Latino	55.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
No high school diploma	38.7%	12.4%
High school graduate	31.0%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
Drove alone	67.0%	95.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	1.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
1-unit, detached	81.8%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	31.9%

Poverty & households

	Green Forest	Oak Grove
Poverty rate	11.4%	11.9%
Average household size	3.91	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	12	30
Median year structure built	1979	1978