Abbeville vs Oxford

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

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

Oxford has the higher population (26,086 vs 358 in Abbeville). Abbeville has the higher median household income ($61,563 vs $59,901 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($333,400 vs $148,200 in Abbeville).

Population, income & housing

	Abbeville	Oxford
Population	358	26,086
Median age	37.3 yrs	30.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,563	$59,901
Median home value	$148,200	$333,400
Median gross rent	$880	$1,093
Housing units	160	16,558
Homeownership rate	70.4%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	12.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbeville	Oxford
Population	407 → 358 (-12.0%)	26,962 → 26,086 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$45,000 → $61,563 (+36.8%)	$44,283 → $59,901 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $148,200 (+27.0%)	$248,200 → $333,400 (+34.3%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $880 (+27.9%)	$959 → $1,093 (+14.0%)

Abbeville

Population

407358

Median household income

$45,000$61,563

Median home value

$116,700$148,200

Median gross rent

$688$880

Oxford

Population

26,96226,086

Median household income

$44,283$59,901

Median home value

$248,200$333,400

Median gross rent

$959$1,093

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbeville	Oxford
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	13.1%	22.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.8%
75 and over	6.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbeville	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	66.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	25.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbeville	Oxford
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbeville	Oxford
Drove alone	81.0%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbeville	Oxford
1-unit, detached	86.3%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Abbeville	Oxford
Poverty rate	6.7%	26.5%
Average household size	3.11	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1986	1999