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Red Oak, IA Urban Area

5,428 Population
2.9 square miles 1,886.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±4.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,165 ±$2,744 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,530 ±$8,316 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.8% ±6.2% (890  ±328) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

19.3 minutes ±3.4 (40,895  ±8,767) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,455 ±111 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (5,297  ±79) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

9.5% ±5.4% (108  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,665 ±123 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$89,200 ±$8,218 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14% ±4.7% (750  ±252.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.3% ±9.5% (3,355  ±378.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
15.1% ±3.9% (560  ±148.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.8% ±1.4% (100  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.6% ±2.5% (356  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
356 Total veterans ±104 338 Male ±97 18 Female ±27

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