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Oakland City is a small town of 2,262 people in Gibson County, Indiana. It's about 26 miles from Evansville, IN and 93 miles from Louisville, KY, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 13 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $110k and rent runs about $880 a month.
2,262people
$110kTypical home
$880/moRent
86° / 39°Summer / winter
13"Snow
230Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,262
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,215 people per sq mi
- 93 mi to Louisville, KY
- 26 mi to Evansville, IN
- 22 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $110k (≈$691/mo)
- Median rent $880/mo
- Median household income $49k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 67°F)
- 230 sunny days a year (93 totally clear)
- 135 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 13" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
People
- Median age 39
- 23% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 11% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 23 mi to EVV airport
- 88 mi to SDF (major hub)
- 84 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 482 ft
- 527 mi to the ocean
- 97 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 48 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 17 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 148 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 23 bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 26 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 35% of Indiana districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 16 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 24 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Gibson County: R+51 in 2024
- Indiana: R+19 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk