Red Oak, Texas Red Oak, Texas Red Oak is a town/city in Ellis County, Texas, United States.
Red Oak was the exterior locale for recording True Stories, directed by David Byrne of Talking Heads and released in 1986.
Red Oak is positioned along the northern edge of Ellis County at 32 31 32 N 96 48 22 W. Next to metros/cities are Glenn Heights to the northwest, Lancaster to the north, Ferris to the east, Pecan Hill to the southeast, Waxahachie to the south, and Oak Leaf to the west.
It is 18 miles (29 km) south of downtown Dallas via Interstate 35 - E, which has two exits in Red Oak.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Red Oak has a total region of 15.0 square miles (38.8 km2), all of it land. According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Red Oak has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 7.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $48,583, and the median income for a family was $61,250.
About 6.3% of families and 6.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 9.1% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.
The town/city of Red Oak is served by the Red Oak Independent School District: Shields Elementary, Eastridge Elementary, Red Oak Elementary, Wooden Elementary, Red Oak Intermediate School, Red Oak Junior High, and Red Oak High School.
In addition Life School, a enhance charter school, operates the K-12 Red Oak campus. Texas State Technical College operates a branch ground in Red Oak.
Pinky Higgins, Major League Baseball player and manager, born in Red Oak Louise Ritter, gold medal winner in the women's high jump at the 1988 Summer Olympics, graduated from Red Oak High School Red Oak Oak Leaf Waxahachie Pecan Hill United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Enumeration Summary File 1 (G001): Red Oak city, Texas".
NCTCOG - Research & Information Services - 2030 Demographic Forecast: Red Oak.
Climate Summary for Red Oak, Texas "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Red Oak official website Red Oak ISD Red Oak ISD Education Foundation Red Oak ISD Bands Handbook of Texas Online - Red Oak, TX Municipalities and communities of Ellis County, Texas, United States
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