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A town of 5,848.
Lower Oxford Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 594th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 62% of Pennsylvania towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $373K, 4.1 years of the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. 38% of the land in Lower Oxford Township is conserved, against 8.2% in Pennsylvania’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Lower Oxford Township is more walkable than 88% of U.S. towns. Lower Oxford Township is home to Lincoln University.
Where Lower Oxford Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Lower Oxford Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,127 in 1930, 5,420 in 2020. The archive holds 7 maps from 1904 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lower Oxford Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi GardenLongwood Gardens
20 mi MuseumWinterthur Museum, Garden and Library
32 mi Stadium & arenaSubaru Park
24 mi LandmarkFort Christina
20 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
15 mi MuseumRailroad Museum of PennsylvaniaLongwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library: Photo by and (c)2007 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man), CC BY-SA 2.5 · Subaru Park: Something Original (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Christina: Jerrye & Roy Klotz MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania: Dough4872, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lower Oxford Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Lower Oxford Township.
Lower Oxford Township is shaped by its college students, keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
36.8% of residents are enrolled in college, against 6.1% statewide, which pulls the median age down.
At 21.7 years, Lower Oxford Township’s median age is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. 17% of Lower Oxford Township residents are under 18. Lower Oxford Township has grown 7.9% since 2020, to 5,848 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Lower Oxford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 21.7 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 21.8, men 21.4.
| Lower Oxford Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 40.5% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.9% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.9% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 7.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.3% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Lane School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades 1–8 | Grades 1–8 | 28 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Its 4,443 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 96% of Pennsylvania towns.
14 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Octoraro Lake Watershed, at 646 acres. Lower Oxford Township’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Glenroy Preserve | 7.7 mi | 351 |
| 2. Octoraro Lake Watershed | — | 646 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 89% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Lower Oxford Township since 2018.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lower Oxford Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 23° and about 18 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based here grew from 1,032 in 2013 to 1,566.
Most working residents leave Lower Oxford Township for work: only 5% work in town. The median household income in Lower Oxford Township is $110,000. Jobs based in Lower Oxford Township grew to 1,566 in 2023, 534 more than in 2013.
| Lower Oxford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $110,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 7,153 U.S. towns with household incomes like Lower Oxford Township’s, it is less healthy than 73%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Lower Oxford Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 30% of adults have high blood pressure in Lower Oxford Township.
| Lower Oxford Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 79% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Lower Oxford Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.2% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Lower Oxford Township
College town 37 of every 100 Lower Oxford Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
3 places in Lower Oxford Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Lower Oxford Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,420 at the 2020 census. Lincoln University, a historically black university, is located in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Lower Oxford Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Oxford Township | #594 | B | C | — | B | B |
| Upper Oxford Township | #469 | B+ | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Colerain Township | #874 | C | C+ | — | C+ | C |
| Little Britain Township | #971 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C |
| Penn Township | #149 | A | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Oxford | #884 | C | C− | B | B | C− |
| East Nottingham Township | #617 | B | C+ | — | B | B− |
| New London Township | #316 | A− | C | — | A | A |
Lower Oxford Township, Upper Oxford Township, Colerain Township, Little Britain Township, Penn Township, East Nottingham Township and New London Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lower Oxford Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lower Oxford Township grades B overall, better than 59% of U.S. towns and #594 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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