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Red Oak, IA

5,542 Population
3.9 square miles 1,411.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 43.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,150 ±$2,911 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $37,388 † ±$4,754
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$52,996 ±$6,467 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $63,190 ±$4,294
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

16.5% ±6.1% (890  ±328) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Montgomery County: 12% † 1,201 (±3.6% / ±360)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

19 minutes ±3.3 (41,530  ±8,597) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 20.6 90,635 (±1.9 / ±10,369)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

2,502 ±109 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 4,609 ±126
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0.1 (5,408  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Montgomery County: 2.2 10,047 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

10.2% ±5.4% (117  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 8.2% † 154 (±3.4% / ±65)
  • nearly double the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

2,712 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 5,011 ±27
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$91,600 ±$10,999 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $109,900 ±$8,103
  • about half the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13.9% ±4.6% (762  ±252.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 11.8% † 1,193 (±2.8% / ±285.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

90.5% ±9.5% (3,455  ±380.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 92.6% 6,698 (±6.1% / ±439)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
15.4% ±3.9% (586  ±148.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Montgomery County: 18.7% † 1,354 (±2.6% / ±186.3)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±1.4% (100  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 1.4% 146
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

8.4% ±2.4% (356  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 7.8% † 617 (±1.7% / ±131)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
356 Total veterans ±104 338 Male ±97 18 Female ±27

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