Jacksonville vs Oxford

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

Jacksonville 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 14,345 in Jacksonville). Oxford has the higher median household income ($70,065 vs $47,146 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $164,700 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Oxford
Population	14,345	22,063
Median age	26.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$47,146	$70,065
Median home value	$179,600	$164,700
Median gross rent	$794	$882
Housing units	5,829	9,258
Homeownership rate	50.7%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Oxford
Population	12,651 → 14,345 (+13.4%)	21,323 → 22,063 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$41,268 → $47,146 (+14.2%)	$57,887 → $70,065 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$147,900 → $179,600 (+21.4%)	$145,300 → $164,700 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $794 (+23.3%)	$839 → $882 (+5.1%)

Jacksonville

Population

12,65114,345

Median household income

$41,268$47,146

Median home value

$147,900$179,600

Median gross rent

$644$794

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)

	Jacksonville	Oxford
Under 5	3.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	10.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	33.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.3%
75 and over	5.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	73.0%
Black or African American	22.0%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Oxford
No high school diploma	9.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Oxford
Drove alone	86.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Oxford
1-unit, detached	59.2%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	5.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	12.2%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Oxford
Poverty rate	27.6%	14.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1988	1984