Belle Plaine vs Oxford

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

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

Belle Plaine has the higher population (1,486 vs 892 in Oxford). Belle Plaine has the higher median household income ($62,727 vs $57,227 in Oxford). Belle Plaine has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $117,200 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
Population	1,486	892
Median age	40.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,727	$57,227
Median home value	$121,500	$117,200
Median gross rent	$754	$663
Housing units	726	450
Homeownership rate	59.2%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
Population	1,511 → 1,486 (-1.7%)	1,078 → 892 (-17.3%)
Median household income	$60,398 → $62,727 (+3.9%)	$57,386 → $57,227 (-0.3%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $121,500 (+59.7%)	$85,700 → $117,200 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $754 (+0.9%)	$483 → $663 (+37.3%)

Belle Plaine

Population

1,5111,486

Median household income

$60,398$62,727

Median home value

$76,100$121,500

Median gross rent

$747$754

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)

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
Under 5	4.5%	9.5%
5 to 17	20.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	16.0%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.5%
75 and over	8.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
No high school diploma	8.3%	1.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
Drove alone	76.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
1-unit, detached	89.8%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Oxford
Poverty rate	14.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.31	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1956	1956