Oxford vs Wellington

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

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

Wellington has the higher population (7,643 vs 892 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median household income ($57,227 vs $49,526 in Wellington). Oxford has the higher median home value ($117,200 vs $90,000 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Oxford	Wellington
Population	892	7,643
Median age	47.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,227	$49,526
Median home value	$117,200	$90,000
Median gross rent	$663	$786
Housing units	450	3,630
Homeownership rate	70.7%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxford	Wellington
Population	1,078 → 892 (-17.3%)	7,788 → 7,643 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$57,386 → $57,227 (-0.3%)	$44,596 → $49,526 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$85,700 → $117,200 (+36.8%)	$75,400 → $90,000 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $663 (+37.3%)	$745 → $786 (+5.5%)

Oxford

Population

1,078892

Median household income

$57,386$57,227

Median home value

$85,700$117,200

Median gross rent

$483$663

Wellington

Population

7,7887,643

Median household income

$44,596$49,526

Median home value

$75,400$90,000

Median gross rent

$745$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oxford	Wellington
Under 5	9.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	6.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	7.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.3%
75 and over	12.4%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxford	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	80.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxford	Wellington
No high school diploma	1.4%	8.9%
High school graduate	31.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxford	Wellington
Drove alone	81.0%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	4.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxford	Wellington
1-unit, detached	84.2%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Oxford	Wellington
Poverty rate	8.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1956	1960