Onslow vs Oxford Junction

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

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

Oxford Junction has the higher population (447 vs 306 in Onslow). Oxford Junction has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $42,813 in Onslow). Onslow has the higher median home value ($96,500 vs $66,700 in Oxford Junction).

Population, income & housing

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
Population	306	447
Median age	28.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,813	$61,250
Median home value	$96,500	$66,700
Median gross rent	—	$793
Housing units	118	212
Homeownership rate	82.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	7.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
Population	248 → 306 (+23.4%)	442 → 447 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $42,813 (+35.6%)	$53,125 → $61,250 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $96,500 (+29.7%)	$52,500 → $66,700 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $750 (+26.1%)	$639 → $793 (+24.1%)

Onslow

Population

248306

Median household income

$31,563$42,813

Median home value

$74,400$96,500

Median gross rent

$595$750

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)

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
Under 5	5.2%	9.6%
5 to 17	35.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	22.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	6.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.2%	18.8%
65 to 74	3.3%	10.7%
75 and over	4.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	98.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	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	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.6%
High school graduate	32.3%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	51.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
Drove alone	84.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	10.6%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
1-unit, detached	89.0%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Onslow	Oxford Junction
Poverty rate	34.6%	5.0%
Average household size	2.97	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1938	1938