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Population (year 2000): 471. Estimated
population in July 2005: 497 (+5.5% change)
Males: 221 (46.9%), Females: 250 (53.1%)
Leon County
Zip code:
75855
Median resident age: 43.9 years
Median household income: $25,625 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,700 (year 2000)
Races in Oakwood:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.3%)
- Black (35.0%)
- Hispanic (3.2%)
- Other race (1.7%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (11.9%), English
(8.5%), Irish (7.4%), French (4.9%), German (4.0%), Scotch-Irish
(2.8%).
Elevation: 281 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oakwood
- High school or higher: 73.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
- Unemployed: 9.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oakwood town
- Never married: 23.1%
- Now married: 50.8%
- Separated: 2.5%
- Widowed: 12.6%
- Divorced: 11.0%
1.3% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -56 (-10.6%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oakwood:
- PALESTINE REG MED CTR (about 21 miles; PALESTINE,
TX)
- PALESTINE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles;
PALESTINE, TX)
- EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER - FAIRFIELD (about 22
miles; FAIRFIELD, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oakwood:
- TYLER POUNDS RGNL (about 62 miles; TYLER, TX; ID:
TYR)
- EASTERWOOD FIELD (about 77 miles; COLLEGE STATION,
TX; ID: CLL)
- WACO REGIONAL (about 95 miles; WACO, TX; ID: ACT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oakwood:
- PALESTINE MUNI (about 17 miles; PALESTINE, TX; ID:
PSN)
- TEAGUE MUNI (about 32 miles; TEAGUE, TX; ID: 68F)
- HOUSTON COUNTY (about 37 miles; CROCKETT, TX; ID:
T56)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oakwood:
- TRINITY VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 42 miles;
ATHENS, TX; Full-time enrollment: 2,858)
- NAVARRO COLLEGE (about 54 miles; CORSICANA, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,842)
- SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 64 miles;
HUNTSVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 10,429)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER (about 64 miles;
TYLER, TX; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE (about 73 miles; TYLER, TX; FT
enrollment: 5,872)
- TEXAS A & M UNIVERSITY (about 73 miles; COLLEGE
STATION, TX; FT enrollment: 41,117)
- ANGELINA COLLEGE (about 78 miles; LUFKIN, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,773)
Public primary/middle schools in Oakwood:
- OAKWOOD H S (Students: 120; Location: 631 N
HOLLY ST; Grades: 06 - 12)
- OAKWOOD EL (Students: 114; Location: 631 N
HOLLY ST; Grades: KG - 07)
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