Northborough vs Oxford

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

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

Northborough has the higher population (6,720 vs 5,572 in Oxford). Northborough has the higher median household income ($154,926 vs $91,742 in Oxford). Northborough has the higher median home value ($553,700 vs $327,300 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Northborough	Oxford
Population	6,720	5,572
Median age	48.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$154,926	$91,742
Median home value	$553,700	$327,300
Median gross rent	$1,219	$1,047
Housing units	2,598	2,276
Homeownership rate	84.1%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northborough	Oxford
Population	6,298 → 6,720 (+6.7%)	5,595 → 5,572 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$114,303 → $154,926 (+35.5%)	$61,227 → $91,742 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$414,100 → $553,700 (+33.7%)	$236,800 → $327,300 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,219 (+3.7%)	$820 → $1,047 (+27.7%)

Northborough

Population

6,2986,720

Median household income

$114,303$154,926

Median home value

$414,100$553,700

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,219

Oxford

Population

5,5955,572

Median household income

$61,227$91,742

Median home value

$236,800$327,300

Median gross rent

$820$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northborough	Oxford
Under 5	5.1%	2.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	23.0%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	21.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.6%
75 and over	8.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northborough	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	89.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northborough	Oxford
No high school diploma	3.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	11.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northborough	Oxford
Drove alone	70.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	22.8%	10.6%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northborough	Oxford
1-unit, detached	77.4%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Northborough	Oxford
Poverty rate	2.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1971	1954