Monticello vs Oxford Junction

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

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

Monticello has the higher population (4,055 vs 447 in Oxford Junction). Monticello has the higher median household income ($67,788 vs $61,250 in Oxford Junction). Monticello has the higher median home value ($160,500 vs $66,700 in Oxford Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
Population	4,055	447
Median age	42.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,788	$61,250
Median home value	$160,500	$66,700
Median gross rent	$659	$793
Housing units	1,977	212
Homeownership rate	71.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
Population	3,837 → 4,055 (+5.7%)	442 → 447 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$53,068 → $67,788 (+27.7%)	$53,125 → $61,250 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$120,400 → $160,500 (+33.3%)	$52,500 → $66,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $659 (+7.5%)	$639 → $793 (+24.1%)

Monticello

Population

3,8374,055

Median household income

$53,068$67,788

Median home value

$120,400$160,500

Median gross rent

$613$659

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)

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
Under 5	6.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	3.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	18.8%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.7%
75 and over	10.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	98.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
Drove alone	85.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
1-unit, detached	69.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Monticello	Oxford Junction
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1966	1938