Mexico vs Oxford

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

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

Mexico has the higher population (2,026 vs 1,135 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median household income ($73,088 vs $46,625 in Mexico). Oxford has the higher median home value ($175,600 vs $99,600 in Mexico).

Population, income & housing

	Mexico	Oxford
Population	2,026	1,135
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,625	$73,088
Median home value	$99,600	$175,600
Median gross rent	$829	—
Housing units	1,171	572
Homeownership rate	71.5%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mexico	Oxford
Population	1,701 → 2,026 (+19.1%)	1,026 → 1,135 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$38,556 → $46,625 (+20.9%)	$66,513 → $73,088 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $99,600 (+45.4%)	$131,400 → $175,600 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $829 (+39.1%)	—

Mexico

Population

1,7012,026

Median household income

$38,556$46,625

Median home value

$68,500$99,600

Median gross rent

$596$829

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)

	Mexico	Oxford
Under 5	2.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	21.3%	21.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	4.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	16.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	5.2%	7.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	18.4%
65 to 74	15.8%	16.1%
75 and over	11.6%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mexico	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mexico	Oxford
No high school diploma	5.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	51.8%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.6%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mexico	Oxford
Drove alone	92.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	1.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mexico	Oxford
1-unit, detached	50.9%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Mexico	Oxford
Poverty rate	23.4%	21.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1951	1980