Boswell vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (1,333 vs 703 in Boswell). Boswell has the higher median household income ($49,091 vs $48,500 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $92,400 in Boswell).

Population, income & housing

	Boswell	Oxford
Population	703	1,333
Median age	37.4 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,091	$48,500
Median home value	$92,400	$113,900
Median gross rent	$900	$732
Housing units	305	537
Homeownership rate	69.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boswell	Oxford
Population	736 → 703 (-4.5%)	1,189 → 1,333 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$40,221 → $49,091 (+22.1%)	$49,659 → $48,500 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$59,600 → $92,400 (+55.0%)	$79,300 → $113,900 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $900 (+27.1%)	$719 → $732 (+1.8%)

Boswell

Population

736703

Median household income

$40,221$49,091

Median home value

$59,600$92,400

Median gross rent

$708$900

Oxford

Population

1,1891,333

Median household income

$49,659$48,500

Median home value

$79,300$113,900

Median gross rent

$719$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boswell	Oxford
Under 5	9.2%	10.9%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	6.6%
55 to 64	19.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.3%	6.8%
75 and over	5.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boswell	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	56.3%	91.1%
Black or African American	6.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boswell	Oxford
No high school diploma	16.2%	13.4%
High school graduate	43.6%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boswell	Oxford
Drove alone	73.1%	81.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	15.5%
Public transit	9.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	2.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boswell	Oxford
1-unit, detached	86.6%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Boswell	Oxford
Poverty rate	32.9%	15.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1954	1953