Argonia vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (892 vs 573 in Argonia). Argonia has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $57,227 in Oxford). Argonia has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $117,200 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Argonia	Oxford
Population	573	892
Median age	45.2 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$57,227
Median home value	$117,500	$117,200
Median gross rent	$675	$663
Housing units	279	450
Homeownership rate	78.4%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argonia	Oxford
Population	521 → 573 (+10.0%)	1,078 → 892 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $78,750 (+49.3%)	$57,386 → $57,227 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $117,500 (+40.2%)	$85,700 → $117,200 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $675 (+9.2%)	$483 → $663 (+37.3%)

Argonia

Population

521573

Median household income

$52,750$78,750

Median home value

$83,800$117,500

Median gross rent

$618$675

Oxford

Population

1,078892

Median household income

$57,386$57,227

Median home value

$85,700$117,200

Median gross rent

$483$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argonia	Oxford
Under 5	4.2%	9.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	4.2%	6.6%
45 to 54	21.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	13.5%
75 and over	10.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argonia	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
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%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argonia	Oxford
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.4%
High school graduate	52.0%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argonia	Oxford
Drove alone	63.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	2.7%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argonia	Oxford
1-unit, detached	87.8%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Argonia	Oxford
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1973	1956