City safety & data profile

OxfordMS

Oxford, MS is a 22K-resident city in Lafayette County with a median household income of $64,451.

Lafayette County, Mississippi. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Oxford, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Oxford has a population larger than 49% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $385,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

22K
Population (place)
Bottom 50%
By size
$64,451
Median income (place)
$385,700
Median home (place)
25.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Oxford

Oxford posts a median household income higher than 29% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Oxford area.

Bottom 30%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Oxford

Where Oxford income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$64,451 Bottom 29% higher than 29% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Oxford $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MS

Population among 41 MS places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jackson is the largest MS city on this list; Madison leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MS

Median household income among the same 41-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Madison posts the highest place-level median income in MS; Jackson is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Oxford, MS beyond the headline numbers

Oxford sits inside Lafayette County, Mississippi, at roughly 34.37°N, -89.52°W. Population 22,314, $64,451 median household income. Median home value $385,700, median rent $1,071. Poverty rate 25.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Oxford, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

25.4% of Oxford, MS residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Oxford costs around 6.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

Remote work covers 9.1% of Oxford workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.2% in Oxford, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Oxford's median age is 30.3 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Oxford from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
22,314
Oxford · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$64,451
-28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$385,700
-7% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.3
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lafayette County): Oxford's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
58K+19%
Median Income
$67,185+55%
Median Home Value
$315,400+93%
Poverty Rate
18.5%-28%
Unemployment
2.1%-78%

Economics

Economics indicators for Oxford, MS
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,071/mo
Poverty Rate
25.4% +105% vs avg
Unemployment 2.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 57.5%
Work From Home 9.1%
Public Transit 1.7%

Population

White 66.3%
African American 25.5%
Asian 2.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.6%
Obesity
32.5%
High Blood Pressure
30.6%
Physical Inactivity
25.6%
Binge Drinking
18.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.8%
Current Smoking
11.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.2%
Lack of Health Insurance
9.5%
Current Asthma
9.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 11.7%
Annual Checkup 77.9%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.8%
Stroke
2.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL NORTH MS
OXFORD · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Oxford?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Oxford right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MS-OXFORD-MS · Oxford

Oxford: 89 tagged alerts; lead category Environment Agency flood warning.

  • VOL-HEAVY 89 on record
  • MIX-LED 91% uk-floods
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Oxford

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 89 tagged notices on record for Oxford.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ53)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Oxford; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Mississippi state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (89 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Oxford, MS? ▼
Oxford, MS has a population of 22,314 people, located in Lafayette County, Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Oxford? ▼
The median household income in Oxford, MS is $64,451 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 25.4%.
What is the median home value in Oxford? ▼
The median home value in Oxford, MS is $385,700. Median rent is $1,071/month.
What are the top health concerns in Oxford? ▼
The top health indicators in Oxford include Short Sleep Duration (33.6%), Obesity (32.5%), High Blood Pressure (30.6%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Oxford? ▼
Oxford has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Oxford? ▼
The median age in Oxford, MS is 30.3 years. 57.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Oxford, both outside Mississippi so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MS (25.4% here).

Auburn, AL 25.4% Richmond, IN 25.4% Williamsport, PA 25.4% Carrollton, GA 25.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MS ($64,451 here).

New Ulm, MN $64,449 Vernal, UT $64,457 Atwater, CA $64,472 Atwater Village, CA $64,472

Compare Oxford with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Hernando, MS 16K Grenada, MS 13K Olive Branch, MS 36K Collierville, TN 49K Germantown, TN 39K Horn Lake, MS 27K Southaven, MS 53K Tupelo, MS 36K
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Using Oxford's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Oxford area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Oxford against Mississippi peers on any ranking lens. Explore Mississippi

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lafayette County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.