Mount Pleasant vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (968 vs 311 in Mount Pleasant). Oxford has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $34,625 in Mount Pleasant). Mount Pleasant has the higher median home value ($116,700 vs $80,500 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
Population	311	968
Median age	52.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,625	$50,313
Median home value	$116,700	$80,500
Median gross rent	$375	$636
Housing units	174	370
Homeownership rate	74.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
Population	471 → 311 (-34.0%)	667 → 968 (+45.1%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $34,625 (-10.6%)	$39,375 → $50,313 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$96,300 → $116,700 (+21.2%)	$71,900 → $80,500 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $375 (-29.5%)	$544 → $636 (+16.9%)

Mount Pleasant

Population

471311

Median household income

$38,750$34,625

Median home value

$96,300$116,700

Median gross rent

$532$375

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)

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
Under 5	9.6%	9.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	3.5%	5.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	24.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.6%
75 and over	11.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
No high school diploma	24.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
Drove alone	77.0%	91.5%
Carpooled	17.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
1-unit, detached	70.1%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	25.1%

Poverty & households

	Mount Pleasant	Oxford
Poverty rate	27.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.37	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1979	1983