Hills vs Oxford

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

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

Hills has the higher population (892 vs 766 in Oxford). Hills has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $73,869 in Oxford). Hills has the higher median home value ($217,800 vs $202,200 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Hills	Oxford
Population	892	766
Median age	41.1 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$73,869
Median home value	$217,800	$202,200
Median gross rent	$1,179	$917
Housing units	444	340
Homeownership rate	62.2%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hills	Oxford
Population	780 → 892 (+14.4%)	812 → 766 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$54,922 → $81,875 (+49.1%)	$65,000 → $73,869 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$158,600 → $217,800 (+37.3%)	$141,100 → $202,200 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$990 → $1,179 (+19.1%)	$950 → $917 (-3.5%)

Hills

Population

780892

Median household income

$54,922$81,875

Median home value

$158,600$217,800

Median gross rent

$990$1,179

Oxford

Population

812766

Median household income

$65,000$73,869

Median home value

$141,100$202,200

Median gross rent

$950$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hills	Oxford
Under 5	5.3%	7.7%
5 to 17	10.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	7.8%
75 and over	9.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hills	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	86.0%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	4.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hills	Oxford
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hills	Oxford
Drove alone	73.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	14.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hills	Oxford
1-unit, detached	58.8%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	10.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Hills	Oxford
Poverty rate	8.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1977	1961