Belvidere vs Oxford

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

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

Belvidere has the higher population (2,526 vs 1,140 in Oxford). Belvidere has the higher median household income ($100,334 vs $77,188 in Oxford). Belvidere has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $175,000 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Belvidere	Oxford
Population	2,526	1,140
Median age	47.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,334	$77,188
Median home value	$269,200	$175,000
Median gross rent	$997	$858
Housing units	1,220	434
Homeownership rate	53.3%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvidere	Oxford
Population	2,590 → 2,526 (-2.5%)	1,182 → 1,140 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$59,250 → $100,334 (+69.3%)	$59,750 → $77,188 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$201,100 → $269,200 (+33.9%)	$173,400 → $175,000 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $997 (+4.5%)	$674 → $858 (+27.3%)

Belvidere

Population

2,5902,526

Median household income

$59,250$100,334

Median home value

$201,100$269,200

Median gross rent

$954$997

Oxford

Population

1,1821,140

Median household income

$59,750$77,188

Median home value

$173,400$175,000

Median gross rent

$674$858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belvidere	Oxford
Under 5	6.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	9.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	17.5%
35 to 44	12.8%	20.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	26.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	13.0%
75 and over	5.7%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvidere	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvidere	Oxford
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	40.1%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvidere	Oxford
Drove alone	74.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	12.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvidere	Oxford
1-unit, detached	57.1%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	26.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.0%

Poverty & households

	Belvidere	Oxford
Poverty rate	9.1%	8.0%
Average household size	2.09	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	32	40
Median year structure built	1938	1938