Middletown vs Oxford

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

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

Middletown has the higher population (50,607 vs 22,069 in Oxford). Middletown has the higher median household income ($54,985 vs $42,147 in Oxford). Oxford has the higher median home value ($232,200 vs $148,300 in Middletown).

Population, income & housing

	Middletown	Oxford
Population	50,607	22,069
Median age	38.3 yrs	21.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,985	$42,147
Median home value	$148,300	$232,200
Median gross rent	$974	$989
Housing units	22,585	7,245
Homeownership rate	54.6%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middletown	Oxford
Population	48,621 → 50,607 (+4.1%)	22,700 → 22,069 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$40,347 → $54,985 (+36.3%)	$31,546 → $42,147 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $148,300 (+51.8%)	$217,100 → $232,200 (+7.0%)
Median gross rent	$786 → $974 (+23.9%)	$779 → $989 (+27.0%)

Middletown

Population

48,62150,607

Median household income

$40,347$54,985

Median home value

$97,700$148,300

Median gross rent

$786$974

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)

	Middletown	Oxford
Under 5	5.6%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	5.9%
18 to 24	10.9%	62.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	4.1%
45 to 54	11.4%	3.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	6.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	4.2%
75 and over	6.8%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middletown	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	73.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	13.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middletown	Oxford
No high school diploma	14.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	40.3%	16.9%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	38.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middletown	Oxford
Drove alone	80.6%	50.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.5%
Public transit	0.1%	2.8%
Walked	1.4%	17.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	3.9%
Worked from home	8.1%	15.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middletown	Oxford
1-unit, detached	66.9%	42.3%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	26.0%
20 or more units	4.6%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Middletown	Oxford
Poverty rate	19.0%	45.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1962	1988