Fairfield vs Oxford

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

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

Fairfield has the higher population (44,597 vs 22,069 in Oxford). Fairfield has the higher median household income ($70,166 vs $42,147 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($232,200 vs $218,100 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Oxford
Population	44,597	22,069
Median age	38.3 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,166	$42,147
Median home value	$218,100	$232,200
Median gross rent	$1,145	$989
Housing units	19,476	7,245
Homeownership rate	61.4%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Oxford
Population	42,634 → 44,597 (+4.6%)	22,700 → 22,069 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$60,340 → $70,166 (+16.3%)	$31,546 → $42,147 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$159,300 → $218,100 (+36.9%)	$217,100 → $232,200 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $1,145 (+21.3%)	$779 → $989 (+27.0%)

Fairfield

Population

42,63444,597

Median household income

$60,340$70,166

Median home value

$159,300$218,100

Median gross rent

$944$1,145

Oxford

Population

22,70022,069

Median household income

$31,546$42,147

Median home value

$217,100$232,200

Median gross rent

$779$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Oxford
Under 5	6.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	5.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	62.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	4.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	3.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	4.2%
75 and over	7.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	58.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	18.4%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.3%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Oxford
No high school diploma	8.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Oxford
Drove alone	80.2%	50.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	2.8%
Walked	0.9%	17.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	3.9%
Worked from home	8.8%	15.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Oxford
1-unit, detached	56.2%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	26.0%
20 or more units	4.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Oxford
Poverty rate	9.1%	45.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1978	1988