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Red Oak, TX
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Living in Red Oak



Red Oak is a somewhat small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 17,396 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Red Oak is the 200th largest community in Texas. Red Oak has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Red Oak, where the median household income is $86,902.00.

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.

A relatively large number of people in Red Oak telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Red Oak, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.09 minutes every day commuting to work.

As is often the case in a small city, Red Oak doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The overall education level of Red Oak citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.26% of adults in Red Oak have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Red Oak in 2018 was $34,511, which is upper middle income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,044 for a family of four. However, Red Oak contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Red Oak is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Red Oak home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Red Oak residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Red Oak also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.93% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Red Oak include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Red Oak is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.