Melbourne vs Oxford

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

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

Melbourne has the higher population (2,227 vs 968 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $34,303 in Melbourne). Melbourne has the higher median home value ($203,000 vs $80,500 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Melbourne	Oxford
Population	2,227	968
Median age	35.8 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,303	$50,313
Median home value	$203,000	$80,500
Median gross rent	$620	$636
Housing units	1,001	370
Homeownership rate	55.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melbourne	Oxford
Population	2,002 → 2,227 (+11.2%)	667 → 968 (+45.1%)
Median household income	$43,045 → $34,303 (-20.3%)	$39,375 → $50,313 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $203,000 (+155.0%)	$71,900 → $80,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $620 (+20.6%)	$544 → $636 (+16.9%)

Melbourne

Population

2,0022,227

Median household income

$43,045$34,303

Median home value

$79,600$203,000

Median gross rent

$514$620

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)

	Melbourne	Oxford
Under 5	7.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	5.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.6%
75 and over	8.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melbourne	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melbourne	Oxford
No high school diploma	14.4%	15.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melbourne	Oxford
Drove alone	81.3%	91.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melbourne	Oxford
1-unit, detached	79.9%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Melbourne	Oxford
Poverty rate	36.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.70	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1985	1983