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Mississippi·Lafayette County
12 tracts·21K people·$386K median·806/mi²
White 65 · Black 26 · Hispanic 4 · Asian 3 · Multiracial 3 · Other 0
Married couple 39 · Living alone 37 · Other 25
Health 31 · Leisure 25 · Retail 16 · Professional 15 · Public admin 6 · Manufacturing 5 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 50 · Sales · office 21 · Service 16 · Production · transport 9 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 78 · Carpool 13 · Walk 10 · Work from home 9 · Transit 2 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Oxford is $385,700 (Census ACS) — 0.8× the US median of $458,812.
Oxford has 26,411 residents across 6 census tracts and 9 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 30.3; the population is 64.7% White, 25.5% Black, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% Asian, 2.6% Multiracial and 0.4% Other; the average household has 2.6 people; 57.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 25.4% (Census ACS).
Della Davidson Elementary School (73%), Lafayette Upper Elementary School (67%) and Central Elementary School (62%) lead the elementary schools; Oxford Intermediate School (63%), Oxford Middle School (62%) and Lafayette Middle School (51%) lead the middle schools; Oxford High School (70%) and Lafayette High School (66%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,071/month, 32% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Oxford is $64,451 a year, 25% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Oxford, median rent is $1,071/month and the median home value is $385,700 (Census ACS).
Oxford reported 1.4 violent crimes and 17.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 90°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 63 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 59 inches; snowfall averages 1 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Oxford are cold wave (93), lightning (88) and landslide (87), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.32g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Oxford, 10.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).