Photo: Smallbones at en.wikipedia · Public domainHousehold incomes in Oxford trail those of 62% of U.S. towns
The poverty rate is 23.7% (Pennsylvania 11.7%). Oxford grades C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Only 6% stay in Oxford for work; outside it, New Garden Township is the main destination (5%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oxford, in a few figures
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Oxford
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oxford is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #898 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Oxford’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oxford could be anywhere from D to B+.
Commuting out of Oxford: the destinations
Where Oxford clocks in
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How a workday changes Oxford
On a workday 2,245 residents head out to work, 151 work right here, and 1,674 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Oxford on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Oxford
1,825 jobs are based in Oxford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oxford, 2014 → 2024: 1,536 → 1,825. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oxford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Oxford: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oxford workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,117 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oxford
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Oxford is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oxford is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #176 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Oxford near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,390 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.6% of Oxford households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oxford’s commuters take a bus or train.
Oxford is 2,650th of 3,432 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,648 | Wauchula FL | 4,946 | $53K | 38.1% | 0.2% | 19% | C |
| 2,649 | Waterloo NY | 7,213 | $63K | 10.6% | 7.5% | 16% | C |
| 2,650 | Oxford PA | 5,887 | $68K | 23.7% | 5.0% | 6% | C |
| 2,651 | Pipe Creek Township IN | 6,676 | $61K | 11.3% | 6.1% | 7% | C |
| 2,652 | Forsyth Township MI | 6,291 | $62K | 10.4% | 4.1% | 25% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Oxford, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Next door to Oxford
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oxford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford | – | C | A | 26 min | $67,733 |
| Lower Oxford Township | 3% | B | A | 22 min | $109,875 |
| East Nottingham Township | 5% | B+ | B− | 32 min | $129,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East Nottingham Township. Darker towns draw more of Oxford’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Oxford: questions
What is the median household income in Oxford?
$67,733 (±$33,942) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oxford?
23.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oxford?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oxford work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Garden Township (5%, 12 mi), East Nottingham Township (5%, 2 mi), Philadelphia (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oxford walkable?
Oxford is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oxford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oxford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oxford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.