Red Oak vs Villisca

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

Red Oak and Villisca 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 1,004 in Villisca). Villisca has the higher median household income ($58,469 vs $52,996 in Red Oak). Red Oak has the higher median home value ($91,600 vs $74,100 in Villisca).

Population, income & housing

	Red Oak	Villisca
Population	5,542	1,004
Median age	39.7 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$52,996	$58,469
Median home value	$91,600	$74,100
Median gross rent	$768	$732
Housing units	2,712	542
Homeownership rate	65.0%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Red Oak	Villisca
Population	5,362 → 5,542 (+3.4%)	1,243 → 1,004 (-19.2%)
Median household income	$43,085 → $52,996 (+23.0%)	$40,625 → $58,469 (+43.9%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $91,600 (+11.2%)	$63,300 → $74,100 (+17.1%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $768 (+19.6%)	$611 → $732 (+19.8%)

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

Villisca

Population

1,2431,004

Median household income

$40,625$58,469

Median home value

$63,300$74,100

Median gross rent

$611$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Red Oak	Villisca
Under 5	5.1%	7.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	17.6%
75 and over	11.5%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Red Oak	Villisca
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Red Oak	Villisca
No high school diploma	9.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	40.4%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	41.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Red Oak	Villisca
Drove alone	79.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Red Oak	Villisca
1-unit, detached	79.7%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Red Oak	Villisca
Poverty rate	16.5%	12.8%
Average household size	2.16	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1960	1950