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Population (year 2000): 4,315. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,682 (+8.5% change)
Males: 1,986 (46.0%), Females: 2,329 (54.0%)
Chester County
Zip code:
19363
Median resident age: 36.9 years
Median household income: $34,966 (year 2000)
Median house value: $118,800 (year 2000)
Races in Oxford:
- White Non-Hispanic (71.0%)
- Hispanic (16.2%)
- Black (11.9%)
- Other race (7.4%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (18.5%), Irish (15.8%),
English (11.5%), Italian (7.7%), United States (5.4%), French
(3.2%).
Elevation: 567 feet
Land area: 1.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Oxford
- High school or higher: 71.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 3.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Oxford borough
- Never married: 26.1%
- Now married: 54.2%
- Separated: 3.1%
- Widowed: 10.0%
- Divorced: 6.6%
7.2% Foreign born (6.0% Latin America, 1.0%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +509 (+13.4%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Oxford:
- SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY MED CENTER (about 10 miles;
WEST GROVE, PA)
- UNION HOSPITAL-CECIL COUNTY (about 15 miles; ELKTON,
MD)
- BRANDYWINE HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; COATESVILLE,
PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Oxford:
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 28 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- LANCASTER (about 32 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 41
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oxford:
- NEW GARDEN (about 15 miles; TOUGHKENAMON, PA; ID:
N57)
- CHESTER COUNTY G O CARLSON (about 16 miles;
COATESVILLE, PA; ID: 40N)
- CECIL COUNTY (about 17 miles; ELKTON, MD; ID: 58M)
Amtrak stations near Oxford:
- 13 miles: PARKESBURG (WEST 1ST & S. CULVERT STS.).
Services: public payphones, free short-term parking.
- 18 miles: NEWARK (429 S. COLLEGE AVE.). Services:
public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
- 18 miles: COATESVILLE (3RD AVE. & FLEETWOOD ST.).
Services: public payphones, free short-term parking,
call for car rental service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Oxford:
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 22 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment:
3,817)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 28 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 29
miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
- HARFORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; BEL AIR,
MD; FT enrollment: 2,646)
- MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 31
miles; MILLERSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 6,384)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 31 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 34 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,042)
Public high school in Oxford:
- OXFORD AREA HS (Students: 1,008; Grades: 09 -
12)
Public primary/middle schools in Oxford:
- NOTTINGHAM SCH (Students: 730; Grades: 02 -
04)
- PENN'S GROVE SCH (Students: 569; Grades: 07 -
08)
- ELK RIDGE SCHOOL (Students: 562; Grades: 05 -
06)
- JORDAN BANK SCH (Students: 467; Grades: KG -
01)
Private primary/middle schools in Oxford:
- BETHANY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 244;
Location: 1011 SHADYSIDE RD; Grades: KG - 8)
- MEDIA SCHOOL (Students: 38; Location: BOX
3300 MT PLEASANT RD; Grades: 1 - 9)
- ASHVILLE PAROCHIAL SCHOOL (Students: 37;
Location: ASHVILLE ROAD; Grades: 1 - 9)
- FROG HOLLOW SCHOOL (Students: 32; Location:
200 FROG HOLLOW RD; Grades: 1 - 8)
- HICKORY HILL SCHOOL (Students: 28; Location:
HICKORY HILL ROAD; Grades: 1 - 8; Boys only)
- UNION AMISH SCHOOL (Students: 27; Location:
KIRKWOOD PIKE; Grades: 1 - 8)
Library in Oxford:
- OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$316,786; Location: 48 2ND ST; 32,689 books; 1,027 audio
materials; 888 video materials; 93 serial subscriptions)
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