Oxford vs Westborough

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (5,572 vs 4,234 in Westborough). Westborough has the higher median household income ($100,037 vs $91,742 in Oxford). Westborough has the higher median home value ($540,600 vs $327,300 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Oxford	Westborough
Population	5,572	4,234
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,742	$100,037
Median home value	$327,300	$540,600
Median gross rent	$1,047	$1,503
Housing units	2,276	2,040
Homeownership rate	84.2%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	54.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxford	Westborough
Population	5,595 → 5,572 (-0.4%)	3,957 → 4,234 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$61,227 → $91,742 (+49.8%)	$87,557 → $100,037 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$236,800 → $327,300 (+38.2%)	$380,800 → $540,600 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,047 (+27.7%)	$1,226 → $1,503 (+22.6%)

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

Westborough

Population

3,9574,234

Median household income

$87,557$100,037

Median home value

$380,800$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,503

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oxford	Westborough
Under 5	2.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.9%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.6%
55 to 64	21.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.1%
75 and over	8.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxford	Westborough
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	6.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxford	Westborough
No high school diploma	7.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	25.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxford	Westborough
Drove alone	75.4%	73.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	20.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxford	Westborough
1-unit, detached	75.3%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	29.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	13.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oxford	Westborough
Poverty rate	6.6%	6.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1954	1947