Coburg vs Red Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Coburg and Red Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

Coburg and Red Oak are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Red Oak has the higher population (5,542 vs 51 in Coburg). Since 2019, Coburg's population has grown faster (+37.8% vs +3.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Coburg	Red Oak
Population	51	5,542
Median age	28.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,996
Median home value	—	$91,600
Median gross rent	—	$768
Housing units	20	2,712
Homeownership rate	65.0%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coburg	Red Oak
Population	37 → 51 (+37.8%)	5,362 → 5,542 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$63,393 → $31,875 (-49.7%)	$43,085 → $52,996 (+23.0%)
Median home value	—	$82,400 → $91,600 (+11.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$642 → $768 (+19.6%)

Coburg

Population

3751

Median household income

$63,393$31,875

Red Oak

Population

5,3625,542

Median household income

$43,085$52,996

Median home value

$82,400$91,600

Median gross rent

$642$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coburg	Red Oak
Under 5	15.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	5.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	5.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	19.6%	8.6%
75 and over	2.0%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coburg	Red Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coburg	Red Oak
No high school diploma	50.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	32.1%	40.4%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coburg	Red Oak
Drove alone	72.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	27.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coburg	Red Oak
1-unit, detached	50.0%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	50.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Coburg	Red Oak
Poverty rate	33.3%	16.5%
Average household size	2.55	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	9	19
Median year structure built	1975	1960