Oaktown, Indiana Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 633. Estimated population in July 2024: 610 (-3.6% change)
Males: 303 (47.9%), Females: 330 (52.1%)
Knox County
Zip code: 47561
Demographics
Median resident age: 41.8 years
Median household income: $30,481
Median house value: $50,300
Population by Race
Races in Oaktown:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.8%)
- Hispanic (1.7%)
Ancestries: United States (16.1%), German (16.0%), English (8.4%), Irish (4.7%), French (2.2%), Italian (1.1%).
Elevation: 475 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Oaktown
- High school or higher: 77.4%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 6.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 4.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.4 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Oaktown town
- Never married: 23.4%
- Now married: 54.8%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 12.4%
3.2% Foreign born (1.9% Latin America, 0.9% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -20 (-3.1%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Oaktown:
- GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; VINCENNES, IN)
- SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; SULLIVAN, IN)
- LAWRENCE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; LAWRENCEVILLE, IL)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Oaktown:
- TERRE HAUTE INTERNATIONAL-HULMAN FIELD (about 41 miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Abbreviation: HUF)
- EVANSVILLE REGIONAL (about 58 miles; EVANSVILLE, IN; Abbreviation: EVV)
- MONROE COUNTY (about 60 miles; BLOOMINGTON, IN; Abbreviation: BMG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oaktown:
- LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES INTL (about 14 miles; LAWRENCEVILLE, IL; Abbreviation: LWV)
- O’NEAL (about 15 miles; VINCENNES, IN; Abbreviation: OEA)
- SULLIVAN COUNTY (about 16 miles; SULLIVAN, IN; Abbreviation: SIV)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Oaktown:
- VINCENNES UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; VINCENNES, IN; Full-time enrollment: 6,201)
- IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-WABASH VALLEY (about 36 miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 2,099)
- INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 9,597)
- UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE (about 63 miles; EVANSVILLE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 2,440)
- TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-TRINITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; NEWBURGH, IN; Full-time enrollment: 2,986)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA (about 64 miles; EVANSVILLE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 7,510)
- DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; GREENCASTLE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 2,197)