Panola vs Red Oak

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

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

Red Oak has the higher population (582 vs 118 in Panola). Panola has the higher median household income ($38,980 vs $35,676 in Red Oak). Red Oak has the higher median home value ($70,000 vs $45,700 in Panola).

Population, income & housing

	Panola	Red Oak
Population	118	582
Median age	64.3 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,980	$35,676
Median home value	$45,700	$70,000
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	74	271
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Panola	Red Oak
Population	34 → 118 (+247.1%)	576 → 582 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$28,333 → $38,980 (+37.6%)	$32,813 → $35,676 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$44,400 → $45,700 (+2.9%)	$62,500 → $70,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$535 → $725 (+35.5%)

Panola

Population

34118

Median household income

$28,333$38,980

Median home value

$44,400$45,700

Red Oak

Population

576582

Median household income

$32,813$35,676

Median home value

$62,500$70,000

Median gross rent

$535$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Panola	Red Oak
Under 5	9.3%	6.7%
5 to 17	5.9%	29.2%
18 to 24	13.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	5.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	21.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	21.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	39.0%	7.6%
75 and over	5.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Panola	Red Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	64.8%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	24.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Panola	Red Oak
No high school diploma	8.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	28.6%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	53.6%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Panola	Red Oak
Drove alone	100.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Panola	Red Oak
1-unit, detached	33.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	66.2%	21.0%

Poverty & households

	Panola	Red Oak
Poverty rate	1.7%	30.6%
Average household size	1.82	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	2003	1976