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Population (year 2000): 13,352. Estimated
population in July 2005: 13,718 (+2.7% change)
Males: 6,453 (48.3%), Females: 6,899 (51.7%)
Median resident age: 36.6 years
Median household income: $52,233 (year 2000)
Median house value: $125,800 (year 2000)
Races in Oxford:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.3%)
- Hispanic (2.0%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Black (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: French (23.9%), Irish (22.0%),
English (14.6%), Italian (12.7%), Polish (10.4%), Swedish
(8.0%).
Land area: 3.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oxford
- High school or higher: 85.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
- Unemployed: 3.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oxford town
- Never married: 26.3%
- Now married: 55.4%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 5.3%
- Divorced: 11.7%
2.2% Foreign born (1.2% Europe, 0.5% North
America).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oxford:
- HUBBARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; WEBSTER,
MA)
- FAIRLAWN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 12 miles;
WORCESTER, MA)
- ST VINCENT HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; WORCESTER, MA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oxford:
- WORCESTER REGIONAL (about 11 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
ID: ORH)
- THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN STATE (about 42 miles;
PROVIDENCE, RI; ID: PVD)
- WESTOVER ARB/METROPOLITAN (about 47 miles;
SPRINGFIELD/CHICOPEE, MA; ID: CEF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oxford:
- OXFORD (about 4 miles; OXFORD, MA; ID: 43M)
- SOUTHBRIDGE MUNI (about 12 miles; SOUTHBRIDGE, MA;
ID: 3B0)
- SPENCER (about 14 miles; SPENCER, MA; ID: 60M)
Amtrak station near Oxford:
- 12 miles: WORCESTER (WORCHESTER, 45 SHREWSBURY ST.).
Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible,
enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public
payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, call for taxi service, public
transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oxford:
- COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (about 11 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; Full-time enrollment: 2,808)
- CLARK UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT
enrollment: 2,563)
- WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE (about 12 miles; WORCESTER,
MA; FT enrollment: 3,846)
- WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (about 12 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
- ASSUMPTION COLLEGE (about 12 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
FT enrollment: 2,356)
- QUINSIGAMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,359)
- BRYANT COLLEGE (about 29 miles; SMITHFIELD, RI; FT
enrollment: 2,926)
Public high school in Oxford:
- OXFORD HIGH (Students: 640; Location: 495
MAIN STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Oxford:
- OXFORD MIDDLE (Students: 705; Location: 497
MAIN STREET; Grades: 05 - 08)
- ALFRED M CHAFFEE (Students: 475; Location:
351 MAIN STREET; Grades: PK - 04)
- CLARA BARTON/WOODWARD (Students: 421;
Location: 10 MAPLE ROAD; Grades: KG - 04)
Library in Oxford:
- OXFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$337,531; Location: 339 MAIN ST.; 35,376 books; 1,738
audio materials; 1,753 video materials; 93 serial
subscriptions)
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