Cordova vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (724 vs 427 in Cordova). Cordova has the higher median household income ($94,226 vs $83,500 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($763,400 vs $338,300 in Cordova).

Population, income & housing

	Cordova	Oxford
Population	427	724
Median age	49.9 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$94,226	$83,500
Median home value	$338,300	$763,400
Housing units	178	556
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordova	Oxford
Population	612 → 427 (-30.2%)	580 → 724 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$100,750 → $94,226 (-6.5%)	$80,469 → $83,500 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$234,600 → $338,300 (+44.2%)	$637,800 → $763,400 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,371 → $3,057 (+123.0%)

Cordova

Population

612427

Median household income

$100,750$94,226

Median home value

$234,600$338,300

Oxford

Population

580724

Median household income

$80,469$83,500

Median home value

$637,800$763,400

Median gross rent

$1,371$3,057

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordova	Oxford
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	3.0%	5.9%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	20.6%	1.7%
35 to 44	3.3%	2.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	18.7%	18.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	35.1%
75 and over	14.5%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordova	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	83.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordova	Oxford
No high school diploma	7.6%	3.1%
High school graduate	39.4%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	36.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordova	Oxford
Drove alone	96.5%	68.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	0.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordova	Oxford
1-unit, detached	80.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cordova	Oxford
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.0%
Average household size	3.36	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	50	47
Median year structure built	1953	1969