Otterbein vs Oxford

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

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

Otterbein has the higher population (1,414 vs 1,333 in Oxford). Otterbein has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $48,500 in Oxford). Otterbein has the higher median home value ($137,400 vs $113,900 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Otterbein	Oxford
Population	1,414	1,333
Median age	35.8 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,676	$48,500
Median home value	$137,400	$113,900
Median gross rent	$896	$732
Housing units	610	537
Homeownership rate	72.3%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otterbein	Oxford
Population	953 → 1,414 (+48.4%)	1,189 → 1,333 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $63,676 (+50.7%)	$49,659 → $48,500 (-2.3%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $137,400 (+55.8%)	$79,300 → $113,900 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$756 → $896 (+18.5%)	$719 → $732 (+1.8%)

Otterbein

Population

9531,414

Median household income

$42,250$63,676

Median home value

$88,200$137,400

Median gross rent

$756$896

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)

	Otterbein	Oxford
Under 5	6.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.8%
18 to 24	13.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	6.6%
55 to 64	9.1%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	6.8%
75 and over	7.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otterbein	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otterbein	Oxford
No high school diploma	8.5%	13.4%
High school graduate	33.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otterbein	Oxford
Drove alone	85.9%	81.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	15.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otterbein	Oxford
1-unit, detached	83.3%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Otterbein	Oxford
Poverty rate	5.5%	15.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1970	1953