Oxford vs Upper Pohatcong

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

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

Upper Pohatcong has the higher population (1,851 vs 1,140 in Oxford). Upper Pohatcong has the higher median household income ($101,338 vs $77,188 in Oxford). Upper Pohatcong has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $175,000 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
Population	1,140	1,851
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,188	$101,338
Median home value	$175,000	$238,400
Median gross rent	$858	$1,556
Housing units	434	725
Homeownership rate	84.9%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
Population	1,182 → 1,140 (-3.6%)	1,830 → 1,851 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $77,188 (+29.2%)	$94,141 → $101,338 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$173,400 → $175,000 (+0.9%)	$190,400 → $238,400 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $858 (+27.3%)	$1,311 → $1,556 (+18.7%)

Oxford

Population

1,1821,140

Median household income

$59,750$77,188

Median home value

$173,400$175,000

Median gross rent

$674$858

Upper Pohatcong

Population

1,8301,851

Median household income

$94,141$101,338

Median home value

$190,400$238,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,556

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
Under 5	3.2%	10.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	7.6%
18 to 24	2.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	20.9%	22.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.2%
75 and over	5.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	77.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	51.6%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
Drove alone	78.3%	88.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
1-unit, detached	67.7%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oxford	Upper Pohatcong
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.64	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1938	1956