Oxford vs Wolverine Lake

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

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

Wolverine Lake has the higher population (4,476 vs 3,478 in Oxford). Wolverine Lake has the higher median household income ($88,423 vs $88,214 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($351,300 vs $270,400 in Wolverine Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
Population	3,478	4,476
Median age	43.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$88,214	$88,423
Median home value	$351,300	$270,400
Median gross rent	$901	$1,678
Housing units	1,549	2,013
Homeownership rate	72.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.6%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
Population	3,542 → 3,478 (-1.8%)	4,648 → 4,476 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$68,527 → $88,214 (+28.7%)	$85,019 → $88,423 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$210,000 → $351,300 (+67.3%)	$197,000 → $270,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $901 (+8.3%)	$988 → $1,678 (+69.8%)

Oxford

Population

3,5423,478

Median household income

$68,527$88,214

Median home value

$210,000$351,300

Median gross rent

$832$901

Wolverine Lake

Population

4,6484,476

Median household income

$85,019$88,423

Median home value

$197,000$270,400

Median gross rent

$988$1,678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
Under 5	6.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	17.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	20.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.2%
75 and over	5.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	87.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	15.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
Drove alone	78.4%	79.8%
Carpooled	7.3%	4.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
1-unit, detached	70.3%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	8.7%
20 or more units	4.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oxford	Wolverine Lake
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1978	1972