Red Oak, Iowa

Red Oak population, 2020 to 2024

Red Oak lost 176 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -49. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 81st; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Red Oak is 57% of it.

Red Oak covers 3.93 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,379 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Red Oak is close to the typical town.

What county Red Oak is in

All of Red Oak's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 10,063 residents in 2024. Red Oak holds 53.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Red Oak

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Red Oak by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 51566. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Red Oak is

The Census internal point of Red Oak is at 41.014100, -95.224400. Des Moines, the capital, is 93.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Atlantic, IA (6,717 people), 28.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Omaha, NE, 46.4 miles away.

Daylight in Red Oak

At 41.01° N, Red Oak gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Red Oak

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Villisca, 14.0 miles away, with 1,106 people.