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Oxford, MS

26,411 Population
26.6 square miles 992.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 32.6 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,665 ±$4,789 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: $34,771 ±$2,294
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Mississippi: $31,549 ±$274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,451 ±$5,265 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: $65,018 ±$2,898
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mississippi: $56,447 ±$539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.4% ±3.8% (6,507  ±974) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 19.1% † 12,285 (±2.4% / ±1,515)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mississippi: 18.9% 538,793 (±0.3% / ±9,325)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.5 minutes ±4 (270,305  ±50,846) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 24 675,795 (±1.9 / ±60,802)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,955 ±537 Number of households
  • the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 24,040 ±647
  • Mississippi: 1,145,431 ±4,267
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (25,694  ±90) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 2.7 64,498 (±0.1 / ±124)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,856,122
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.7% ±2.2% (322  ±194) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 2.9% † 589 (±1.2% / ±249)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 40,700 (±0.3% / ±2,011)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,717 ±339 Number of housing units
  • the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 35,218 ±62
  • Mississippi: 1,341,114 ±478
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$385,700 ±$25,385 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: $256,900 ±$16,935
  • more than double the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$1,198
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.4% ±3.2% (5,074  ±849.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 16.5% 11,586 (±1.6% / ±1,087.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11% 319,149 (±0.3% / ±7,416.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±5.7% (14,707  ±1,054.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 90.6% 38,775 (±3.6% / ±1,576.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 87.2% 1,718,821 (±0.5% / ±10,654.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
57.5% ±4.7% (9,132  ±815.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 40.1% 17,169 (±2.4% / ±1,015)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 25.1% 495,720 (±0.3% / ±5,925)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.4% ±1.4% (1,155  ±360) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 2.8% 1,966
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 71,918
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±1% (715  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Oxford, MS Micro Area: 5% † 2,864 (±0.8% / ±444)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.8% 151,757 (±0.2% / ±3,402)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
715 Total veterans ±212 700 Male ±204 15 Female ±18

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