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Population (year 2000): 4,301
Males: 2,036 (47.3%), Females: 2,265 (52.7%)
Ellis County
Zip code:
75154
Median resident age: 32.6 years
Median household income: $48,583 (year 2000)
Median house value: $87,600 (year 2000)
Races in Red Oak:
- White Non-Hispanic (80.1%)
- Hispanic (11.7%)
- Black (5.4%)
- Other race (4.7%)
- Two or more races (2.5%)
- American Indian (1.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (12.9%), United States
(12.3%), English (9.9%), Irish (9.4%), Italian (3.8%), French
(3.4%).
Land area: 7.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Red Oak
- High school or higher: 84.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 3.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Red Oak city
- Never married: 20.0%
- Now married: 61.8%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 6.9%
- Divorced: 9.9%
3.3% Foreign born (2.5% Latin America, 0.6%
Europe).
Hospitals/medical centers near Red Oak:
- MEDICAL CENTER AT LANCASTER (about 6 miles;
LANCASTER, TX)
- CEDARS HOSPITAL,THE (about 7 miles; DESOTO, TX)
- SELECT SPECIALTY HOSPITAL SOUTH DALLAS (about 7
miles; DESOTO, TX)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Red
Oak:
- DALLAS LOVE FIELD (about 22 miles; DALLAS, TX; ID:
DAL)
- DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL (about 30 miles;
DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX; ID: DFW)
- FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (about 43 miles; FORT WORTH,
TX; ID: FTW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Red Oak:
- CARROLL AIR PARK (about 4 miles; DE SOTO, TX; ID:
F66)
- FERRIS RED OAK MUNI (about 7 miles; FERRIS/RED OAK,
TX; ID: 12T)
- LANCASTER (about 7 miles; LANCASTER, TX; ID: LNC)
Amtrak station near Red Oak:
- 18 miles: DALLAS (400 S. HOUSTON ST.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, paid short-term parking, paid
long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi
stand, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Red Oak:
- MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGE (about 16 miles; DALLAS, TX;
Full-time enrollment: 3,029)
- DALLAS BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; DALLAS,
TX; FT enrollment: 2,496)
- SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles;
DALLAS, TX; FT enrollment: 8,231)
- EL CENTRO COLLEGE (about 18 miles; DALLAS, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,359)
- EASTFIELD COLLEGE (about 24 miles; MESQUITE, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,457)
- UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS (about 25 miles; IRVING, TX; FT
enrollment: 2,400)
- NORTH LAKE COLLEGE (about 27 miles; IRVING, TX; FT
enrollment: 4,554)
Public high school in Red Oak:
- RED OAK H S (Students: 1,513; Location: 156
LOUISE RITTER BLVD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Red Oak:
- OVILLA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 509;
Location: 3251 OVILLA ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Red Oak:
- RED OAK J H (Students: 790; Location: 156
LOUISE RITTER BLVD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- RED OAK INT (Students: 763; Location: 156
LOUISE RITTER BLVD; Grades: 05 - 06)
- SHIELDS ELEMENTARY (Students: 479; Location:
156 LOUISE RITTER BLVD; Grades: KG - 04)
- WOODEN ELEMENTARY (Students: 457; Location:
156 LOUISE RITTER BLVD; Grades: PK - 04)
- EASTRIDGE ELEMENTARY (Students: 406;
Location: 156 LOUISE RITTER BLVD; Grades: KG - 04)
- RED OAK ELEMENTARY (Students: 395; Location:
156 LOUISE RITTER BLVD; Grades: PK - 04)
- P A S S /A E P (Location: 156 LOUISE RITTER
BLVD; Grades: KG - 12)
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