Anniston vs Oxford

A side-by-side comparison of Anniston and Oxford: population, income, housing, and more.

Anniston and Oxford are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oxford has the higher population (22,063 vs 21,377 in Anniston). Oxford has the higher median household income ($70,065 vs $44,806 in Anniston). Oxford has the higher median home value ($164,700 vs $141,600 in Anniston).

Population, income & housing

	Anniston	Oxford
Population	21,377	22,063
Median age	43.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,806	$70,065
Median home value	$141,600	$164,700
Median gross rent	$777	$882
Housing units	11,749	9,258
Homeownership rate	59.1%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anniston	Oxford
Population	21,688 → 21,377 (-1.4%)	21,323 → 22,063 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$36,051 → $44,806 (+24.3%)	$57,887 → $70,065 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $141,600 (+45.1%)	$145,300 → $164,700 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $777 (+15.6%)	$839 → $882 (+5.1%)

Anniston

Population

21,68821,377

Median household income

$36,051$44,806

Median home value

$97,600$141,600

Median gross rent

$672$777

Oxford

Population

21,32322,063

Median household income

$57,887$70,065

Median home value

$145,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$839$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anniston	Oxford
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	10.3%
75 and over	8.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anniston	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	42.8%	73.0%
Black or African American	49.1%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anniston	Oxford
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.8%
High school graduate	32.0%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anniston	Oxford
Drove alone	80.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anniston	Oxford
1-unit, detached	74.7%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	6.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Anniston	Oxford
Poverty rate	20.1%	14.9%
Average household size	2.14	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1966	1984