Oak Ridge vs Road Runner

A side-by-side comparison of Oak Ridge and Road Runner: population, income, housing, and more.

Oak Ridge and Road Runner are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Road Runner has the higher population (781 vs 330 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($48,417 vs $42,500 in Road Runner). Road Runner has the higher median home value ($151,400 vs $9,999 in Oak Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
Population	330	781
Median age	30.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,417	$42,500
Median home value	$9,999	$151,400
Median gross rent	$1,457	$929
Housing units	121	344
Homeownership rate	42.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.5%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
Population	237 → 330 (+39.2%)	264 → 781 (+195.8%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $48,417 (+15.9%)	$41,820 → $42,500 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$51,100 → $9,999 (-80.4%)	$43,800 → $151,400 (+245.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,107 → $1,457 (+31.6%)	—

Oak Ridge

Population

237330

Median household income

$41,786$48,417

Median home value

$51,100$9,999

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,457

Road Runner

Population

264781

Median household income

$41,820$42,500

Median home value

$43,800$151,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
Under 5	5.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	28.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	2.6%
25 to 34	32.4%	17.3%
35 to 44	1.5%	1.4%
45 to 54	6.1%	5.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	23.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	14.7%
75 and over	6.1%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	34.7%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	64.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
No high school diploma	27.7%	59.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	8.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
Drove alone	68.8%	96.8%
Carpooled	24.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
1-unit, detached	29.8%	10.2%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	61.2%	81.1%

Poverty & households

	Oak Ridge	Road Runner
Poverty rate	24.2%	41.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	21	46
Median year structure built	2002	1987