Horseshoe Bend vs Oxford

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

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

Horseshoe Bend has the higher population (2,458 vs 968 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $40,868 in Horseshoe Bend). Horseshoe Bend has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $80,500 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
Population	2,458	968
Median age	53.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,868	$50,313
Median home value	$117,500	$80,500
Median gross rent	$691	$636
Housing units	1,214	370
Homeownership rate	76.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	16.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
Population	2,587 → 2,458 (-5.0%)	667 → 968 (+45.1%)
Median household income	$32,255 → $40,868 (+26.7%)	$39,375 → $50,313 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$74,200 → $117,500 (+58.4%)	$71,900 → $80,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$620 → $691 (+11.5%)	$544 → $636 (+16.9%)

Horseshoe Bend

Population

2,5872,458

Median household income

$32,255$40,868

Median home value

$74,200$117,500

Median gross rent

$620$691

Oxford

Population

667968

Median household income

$39,375$50,313

Median home value

$71,900$80,500

Median gross rent

$544$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
Under 5	5.2%	9.3%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	8.3%	5.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	15.8%	7.6%
75 and over	15.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
No high school diploma	8.3%	15.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
Drove alone	83.4%	91.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	3.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
1-unit, detached	83.0%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Horseshoe Bend	Oxford
Poverty rate	25.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.51	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1978	1983