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.

Unlike some cities, Red Oak isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Red Oak are a mix of both white- and blue-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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Red Oak, the average commute to work is 30.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Red Oak is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Red Oak isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.82% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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.