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Population (year 2000): 1,892. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,214 (+17.0% change)
Males: 829 (43.8%), Females: 1,063 (56.2%)
Newton County
Zip code:
30054
Median resident age: 22.4 years
Median household income: $38,698 (year 2000)
Median house value: $82,000 (year 2000)
Races in Oxford:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.0%)
- Black (32.7%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- Asian Indian (1.6%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- Other race (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
- Korean (0.6%)
- Other Asian (0.6%)
- Chinese (0.5%)
Ancestries: English (8.5%), Irish (7.6%), German
(5.3%), United States (5.2%), Scottish (2.6%), Subsaharan
African (1.8%).
Elevation: 760 feet
Land area: 2.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oxford
- High school or higher: 76.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.4%
- Unemployed: 27.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oxford city
- Never married: 27.6%
- Now married: 51.2%
- Separated: 3.7%
- Widowed: 9.4%
- Divorced: 8.1%
2.7% Foreign born (2.0% Asia, 0.5% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -145 (-7.1%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oxford:
- WALTON MEDICAL CENTER (about 17 miles; MONROE, GA)
- EMORY EASTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles;
SNELLVILLE, GA)
- CRAWFORD LONG HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; ATLANTA, GA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oxford:
- THE WILLIAM B HARTSFIELD ATLANTA INTL (about 38
miles; ATLANTA, GA; ID: ATL)
- ATHENS/BEN EPPS (about 44 miles; ATHENS, GA; ID: AHN)
- DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE (about 48 miles; MARIETTA,
GA; ID: MGE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oxford:
- COVINGTON MUNI (about 3 miles; COVINGTON, GA; ID:
9A1)
- MONROE-WALTON COUNTY (about 17 miles; MONROE, GA;
ID: D73)
- BERRY HILL (about 22 miles; STOCKBRIDGE, GA; ID:
4A0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oxford:
- GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE (about 27 miles; DECATUR,
GA; Full-time enrollment: 8,213)
- GWINNETT TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 28 miles;
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA; FT enrollment: 3,215)
- DEVRY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 32 miles;
DECATUR, GA; FT enrollment: 2,486)
- CLAYTON COLLEGE AND STATE UNIVERSITY (about 32
miles; MORROW, GA; FT enrollment: 2,953)
- EMORY UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; ATLANTA, GA; FT
enrollment: 10,839)
- GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; ATLANTA,
GA; FT enrollment: 17,302)
- GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MAIN CAMPUS (about
38 miles; ATLANTA, GA; FT enrollment: 13,841)
Public primary/middle school in Oxford:
- PALMER STONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
610; Location: 1110 NORTH EMORY STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
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