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Population (year 2000): 8,338. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,530 (+2.3% change)
Males: 3,734 (44.8%), Females: 4,604 (55.2%)
Granville County
Zip code:
27565
Median resident age: 38.5 years
Median household income: $30,707 (year 2000)
Median house value: $95,600 (year 2000)
Races in Oxford:
- Black (51.4%)
- White Non-Hispanic (42.9%)
- Hispanic (4.6%)
- Other race (3.4%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (11.1%), English
(7.1%), German (3.8%), Scotch-Irish (3.1%), French (1.7%), Irish
(1.5%).
Elevation: 480 feet
Land area: 4.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oxford
- High school or higher: 71.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.6%
- Unemployed: 5.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oxford city
- Never married: 27.9%
- Now married: 43.2%
- Separated: 3.3%
- Widowed: 13.8%
- Divorced: 11.8%
6.6% Foreign born (5.8% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -70 (-0.8%).
Hospital/medical center in Oxford:
- GRANVILLE MEDICAL CENTER (COLLEGE ST BOX 947)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Oxford:
- MARIA PARHAM HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; HENDERSON,
NC)
- JOHN UMSTEAD HOSP (about 17 miles; BUTNER, NC)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; DURHAM,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oxford:
- RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (about 34 miles; RALEIGH/DURHAM,
NC; ID: RDU)
- DANVILLE REGIONAL (about 55 miles; DANVILLE, VA; ID:
DAN)
- ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON RGNL (about 59 miles; ROCKY
MOUNT, NC; ID: RWI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oxford:
- HENDERSON-OXFORD (about 6 miles; OXFORD, NC; ID:
HNZ)
- MARKS MUNI (about 19 miles; CLARKSVILLE, VA; ID:
W63)
- PERSON COUNTY (about 28 miles; ROXBORO, NC; ID: TDF)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oxford:
- VANCE-GRANVILLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 14 miles;
HENDERSON, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,076)
- DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 30 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 2,338)
- DUKE UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; DURHAM, NC; FT
enrollment: 11,898)
- NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles;
DURHAM, NC; FT enrollment: 4,487)
- NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT RALEIGH (about 36
miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT enrollment: 23,918)
- MEREDITH COLLEGE (about 36 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,173)
- SHAW UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; RALEIGH, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,299)
Public high school in Oxford:
- J F WEBB HIGH (Students: 1,266; Location:
3200 WEBB SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Oxford:
- NORTHERN GRANVILLE MIDDLE (Students: 785;
Location: 3144 WEBB SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: 07 - 08)
- MARY POTTER INTERMEDIATE (Students: 755;
Location: 200 TAYLOR STREET; Grades: 04 - 06)
- WEST OXFORD ELEMENTARY (Students: 471;
Location: 412 IVEY DAY ROAD; Grades: PK - 01)
- C G CREDLE ELEMENTARY (Students: 434;
Location: 223 COLLEGE STREET; Grades: 02 - 03)
- JOE TOLER-OAK HILL ELEM (Students: 266;
Location: 8176 HWY 96; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Oxford:
- GRANVILLE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM (Operating
income: $683,506; Location: 210 MAIN STREET; 62,459
books; 1,241 audio materials; 3,788 video materials; 202
serial subscriptions)
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