Red Oak is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,164 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Red Oak is the 390th largest community in Texas.

Red Oak is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Red Oak is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Red Oak who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.04%), sales jobs (10.47%), and management occupations (7.01%).

Also of interest is that Red Oak has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One downside of living in Red Oak, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.95 minutes every day commuting to work.

Red Oak is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Red Oak, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.82% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small city, Red Oak does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Red Oak Information and Demographics

The citizens of Red Oak are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.85% of adults in Red Oak have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Red Oak in 2000 was $20,049, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,196 for a family of four.

The people who call Red Oak home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Red Oak is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Red Oak include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Red Oak is English. Some people also speak Spanish.