Red Oak vs Stanton

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

Red Oak and Stanton 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 670 in Stanton). Stanton has the higher median household income ($80,938 vs $52,996 in Red Oak). Stanton has the higher median home value ($97,400 vs $91,600 in Red Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Red Oak	Stanton
Population	5,542	670
Median age	39.7 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,996	$80,938
Median home value	$91,600	$97,400
Median gross rent	$768	$766
Housing units	2,712	288
Homeownership rate	65.0%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Oak	Stanton
Population	5,362 → 5,542 (+3.4%)	629 → 670 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$43,085 → $52,996 (+23.0%)	$65,500 → $80,938 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $91,600 (+11.2%)	$78,200 → $97,400 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $768 (+19.6%)	$809 → $766 (-5.3%)

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

Stanton

Population

629670

Median household income

$65,500$80,938

Median home value

$78,200$97,400

Median gross rent

$809$766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Oak	Stanton
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	5.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	22.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	14.9%
75 and over	11.5%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Oak	Stanton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	95.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Oak	Stanton
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Oak	Stanton
Drove alone	79.4%	89.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Oak	Stanton
1-unit, detached	79.7%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Red Oak	Stanton
Poverty rate	16.5%	6.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1960	1945