Oxford vs Piedmont

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

Oxford and Piedmont 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 4,749 in Piedmont). Oxford has the higher median household income ($70,065 vs $41,964 in Piedmont). Oxford has the higher median home value ($164,700 vs $106,600 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Oxford	Piedmont
Population	22,063	4,749
Median age	37.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,065	$41,964
Median home value	$164,700	$106,600
Median gross rent	$882	$752
Housing units	9,258	2,103
Homeownership rate	74.2%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxford	Piedmont
Population	21,323 → 22,063 (+3.5%)	4,611 → 4,749 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$57,887 → $70,065 (+21.0%)	$39,074 → $41,964 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$145,300 → $164,700 (+13.4%)	$80,500 → $106,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $882 (+5.1%)	$634 → $752 (+18.6%)

Oxford

Population

21,32322,063

Median household income

$57,887$70,065

Median home value

$145,300$164,700

Median gross rent

$839$882

Piedmont

Population

4,6114,749

Median household income

$39,074$41,964

Median home value

$80,500$106,600

Median gross rent

$634$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oxford	Piedmont
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	16.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	6.7%
75 and over	6.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxford	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	73.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	16.3%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxford	Piedmont
No high school diploma	13.8%	10.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxford	Piedmont
Drove alone	83.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	17.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	2.1%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxford	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	76.4%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Oxford	Piedmont
Poverty rate	14.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.62	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1984	1962