Ennis vs Red Oak

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

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

Ennis has the higher population (21,546 vs 15,909 in Red Oak). Red Oak has the higher median household income ($104,125 vs $72,772 in Ennis). Red Oak has the higher median home value ($318,200 vs $225,900 in Ennis).

Population, income & housing

	Ennis	Red Oak
Population	21,546	15,909
Median age	34.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,772	$104,125
Median home value	$225,900	$318,200
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,527
Housing units	8,304	5,228
Homeownership rate	65.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ennis	Red Oak
Population	19,559 → 21,546 (+10.2%)	12,724 → 15,909 (+25.0%)
Median household income	$57,619 → $72,772 (+26.3%)	$71,957 → $104,125 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$111,200 → $225,900 (+103.1%)	$207,600 → $318,200 (+53.3%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,233 (+34.8%)	$1,136 → $1,527 (+34.4%)

Ennis

Population

19,55921,546

Median household income

$57,619$72,772

Median home value

$111,200$225,900

Median gross rent

$915$1,233

Red Oak

Population

12,72415,909

Median household income

$71,957$104,125

Median home value

$207,600$318,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ennis	Red Oak
Under 5	5.6%	6.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	23.0%
18 to 24	11.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	6.6%
75 and over	4.9%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ennis	Red Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	39.0%	36.1%
Black or African American	11.1%	36.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	47.1%	21.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ennis	Red Oak
No high school diploma	22.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	20.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ennis	Red Oak
Drove alone	78.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	14.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ennis	Red Oak
1-unit, detached	73.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	4.9%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ennis	Red Oak
Poverty rate	11.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.76	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1987	2005