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Red Oak, IA Urban Area

5,410 Population
2.9 square miles 1,882.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±4.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,902 ±$3,056 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,015 ±$7,599 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.1% ±6% (1,149  ±311) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.3 minutes ±4 (42,150  ±9,750) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,390 ±133 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (5,276  ±91) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.6% ±6.5% (106  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,620 ±125 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,000 ±$14,044 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±4.8% (705  ±259.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±9% (3,247  ±354.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.7% ±4.6% (650  ±171.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.6% ±1.4% (139  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±2.1% (302  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
302 Total veterans ±86 302 Male ±86 N/A Female ±15

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