Easton vs Oxford

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

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

Easton has the higher population (17,202 vs 724 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median household income ($83,500 vs $73,460 in Easton). Oxford has the higher median home value ($763,400 vs $348,400 in Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Oxford
Population	17,202	724
Median age	45.6 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,460	$83,500
Median home value	$348,400	$763,400
Median gross rent	$1,177	—
Housing units	7,905	556
Homeownership rate	59.7%	85.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.4%	62.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	15.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Oxford
Population	16,591 → 17,202 (+3.7%)	580 → 724 (+24.8%)
Median household income	$61,651 → $73,460 (+19.2%)	$80,469 → $83,500 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$276,900 → $348,400 (+25.8%)	$637,800 → $763,400 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,177 (+7.4%)	$1,371 → $3,057 (+123.0%)

Easton

Population

16,59117,202

Median household income

$61,651$73,460

Median home value

$276,900$348,400

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,177

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)

	Easton	Oxford
Under 5	4.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	5.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	1.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	2.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	18.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	35.1%
75 and over	16.1%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	83.4%
Black or African American	14.4%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	12.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Oxford
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	24.1%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	36.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Oxford
Drove alone	71.9%	68.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	8.8%
Bicycle	2.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	13.4%	19.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Oxford
1-unit, detached	59.0%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	2.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Oxford
Poverty rate	12.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.31	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	47
Median year structure built	1986	1969