Fryeburg vs Oxford

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

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

Fryeburg has the higher population (1,665 vs 1,135 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median household income ($73,088 vs $61,944 in Fryeburg). Fryeburg has the higher median home value ($268,100 vs $175,600 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Fryeburg	Oxford
Population	1,665	1,135
Median age	48.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$73,088
Median home value	$268,100	$175,600
Median gross rent	$869	—
Housing units	729	572
Homeownership rate	69.3%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fryeburg	Oxford
Population	1,542 → 1,665 (+8.0%)	1,026 → 1,135 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$53,684 → $61,944 (+15.4%)	$66,513 → $73,088 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$175,500 → $268,100 (+52.8%)	$131,400 → $175,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $869 (+34.9%)	—

Fryeburg

Population

1,5421,665

Median household income

$53,684$61,944

Median home value

$175,500$268,100

Median gross rent

$644$869

Oxford

Population

1,0261,135

Median household income

$66,513$73,088

Median home value

$131,400$175,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fryeburg	Oxford
Under 5	4.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.3%
25 to 34	6.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	18.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	9.4%	16.1%
75 and over	8.2%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fryeburg	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.2%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fryeburg	Oxford
No high school diploma	8.1%	14.5%
High school graduate	48.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fryeburg	Oxford
Drove alone	69.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	19.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fryeburg	Oxford
1-unit, detached	78.6%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Fryeburg	Oxford
Poverty rate	13.3%	21.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1970	1980