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Place dossier plate
SheetTX-RED-OAK-TX · Red Oak, TX 15,909 pop · income 80th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Red Oak
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Red Oak on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Humacao zona… · lowest
21,366
Humacao zona… · lowest
21,366 median HH income
13.0% of the leader · rank #1
Monterey · near
104,110
Monterey · near
104,110 median HH income
63.3% of the leader · rank #2
Red Oak · this city
104,125
Red Oak · this city
104,125 median HH income
63.3% of the leader · rank #3
Bethel Park · near
104,129
Bethel Park · near
104,129 median HH income
63.3% of the leader · rank #4
Williamsville · near
104,135
Williamsville · near
104,135 median HH income
63.3% of the leader · rank #5
Helmetta · near
104,143
Helmetta · near
104,143 median HH income
63.3% of the leader · rank #6
Highland · highest
164,459
Highland · highest
164,459 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Red Oak on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 15,909.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Red Oak - the verdict
Nationally, Red Oak sits in the 80th percentile for household income and the 27th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
80th
percentile, household income
68th
percentile, home value
40th
percentile, median rent
27th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Red Oak, TX
Texas's Red Oak is a small town, with 15,909 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Median household income here is $104,125 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.4%. Home values in Red Oak run a median of $318,200, and the median resident age is 35.8 years. 36.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 70.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 367 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 69% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2275.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Texas tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,149 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Texas's average monthly utility costs around $223 (state average). Workers in Red Oak report an average commute of 28.1 minutes, with 73.1% driving alone and 14.7% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 49.0 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Red Oak's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from reported crime to population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Red Oak, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Red Oak?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2275.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 0% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +5,949 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +41.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 367 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Red Oak?
Within Texas, the closest population matches are Rendon (15,894 residents, $107,618 income); Live Oak (15,875 residents, $78,092 income); Highland (16,004 residents, $164,459 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Americus, GA (15,910 residents); Seymour, TN (15,914 residents); Chubbuck, ID (15,900 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Red Oak?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Red Oak?
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 36.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
36.1%
Poverty estimate
6.4%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What does the journey to work look like in Red Oak?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 28.1 minutes.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
14.7%
Drive alone
73.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 8,204 workers age 16+.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B+
$104,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B-
36.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living C-
97.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime C-
187 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Red Oak profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 79/100 (B+) · $104,125
Bachelor's+ share: 68/100 (B-) · 36.1%
Poverty rate: 56/100 (C) · 6.4%
Cost of living: 53/100 (C-) · 97.1 index
Violent crime: 50/100 (C-) · 187 /100k
Where Red Oak sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Red Oak's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Red Oak highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Red Oak, TX (this city): home $318,200, crime 2,276/100k
Americus, GA : home $113,500, crime 5,585/100k
Chubbuck, ID : home $313,700, crime 2,952/100k
Indianola, IA : home $228,100, crime 1,745/100k
Frederick, CO : home $529,800, crime 703/100k
Live Oak, TX : home $227,800, crime 3,914/100k
South Houston, TX : home $176,100, crime 2,873/100k
Gatesville, TX : home $162,000, crime 1,015/100k
Mount Pleasant, TX : home $160,500, crime 2,058/100k
How does Red Oak compare to other US cities?
Where Red Oak sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income80% higher than other cities
Home value68% pricier than other cities
Median rent40% pricier than other cities
Safety27% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Texas and the picture shifts: Red Oak ranks #492 of 624 Texas cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Red Oak against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Texas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Texas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Red Oak near the bottom of Texas's cities
Among the 1,663 Texas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Red Oak ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Red Oak only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#229 of 1,520
85th percentile in Texas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,663
0th percentile in Texas
Median Home Value
#233 of 1,505
85th percentile in Texas
Poverty Rate
#994 of 1,663
40th percentile in Texas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#277 of 1,663
83rd percentile in Texas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Texas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
80th percentile nationally for median household income · 27th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Red Oak's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Red Oak's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Red Oak's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$318,20032nd percentilemore affordable than 32% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Red Oak's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#6,978 of 15,516
More affordable than 55% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#986 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.1×, Red Oak sits in the moderate band:
national rank #6,978 of 15,516 and #986 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$104,125Red Oak, TX median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Red Oak, TX median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Red Oak, TX.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)36.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
15,909
Median Income
$104,125
Median Home Value
$318,200
Median Age
35.8
Poverty Rate
6.4%
Labor force participation
70.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
36.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2275.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
187.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2088.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Red Oak's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
14,445 residents
2021
15,420 residents
2022
17,412 residents
2023
18,675 residents
2024
19,397 residents
2025
20,394 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
367
housing units authorized
Single-Family
367
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
23.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
217
217
0
$73.6M
2020
341
341
0
$95.9M
2021
789
195
594
$116.1M
2022
367
367
0
$103.1M
2023
239
239
0
$73.1M
2024
367
367
0
$117.2M
Permit volume increased 69% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
28.1 minutes
Drive Alone
73.1%
Carpool
10.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
14.7%
Other
2.0%
Based on 8,204 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Texas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $223
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Texas at $223 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Texas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Red Oak. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Texas's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.1 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Red Oak is $1,149/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Texas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 49.0 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Texas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Red Oak sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Red Oak compares to similar-size Texas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.