Anamosa vs Oxford Junction

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

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

Anamosa has the higher population (5,553 vs 447 in Oxford Junction). Oxford Junction has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $56,167 in Anamosa). Anamosa has the higher median home value ($164,900 vs $66,700 in Oxford Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
Population	5,553	447
Median age	40.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,167	$61,250
Median home value	$164,900	$66,700
Median gross rent	$897	$793
Housing units	2,105	212
Homeownership rate	72.2%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
Population	5,476 → 5,553 (+1.4%)	442 → 447 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$41,603 → $56,167 (+35.0%)	$53,125 → $61,250 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $164,900 (+59.5%)	$52,500 → $66,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$598 → $897 (+50.0%)	$639 → $793 (+24.1%)

Anamosa

Population

5,4765,553

Median household income

$41,603$56,167

Median home value

$103,400$164,900

Median gross rent

$598$897

Oxford Junction

Population

442447

Median household income

$53,125$61,250

Median home value

$52,500$66,700

Median gross rent

$639$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
Under 5	3.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.3%
35 to 44	18.6%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.0%	18.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.7%
75 and over	9.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	98.7%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	44.5%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
Drove alone	78.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	14.6%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
1-unit, detached	66.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Anamosa	Oxford Junction
Poverty rate	20.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1971	1938