Lake Meade vs New Oxford

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Meade and New Oxford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Meade has the higher population (2,398 vs 1,777 in New Oxford). Lake Meade has the higher median household income ($110,833 vs $58,056 in New Oxford). Lake Meade has the higher median home value ($291,900 vs $203,100 in New Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
Population	2,398	1,777
Median age	51.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$110,833	$58,056
Median home value	$291,900	$203,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,010
Housing units	1,121	789
Homeownership rate	98.2%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
Population	2,569 → 2,398 (-6.7%)	2,014 → 1,777 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$111,000 → $110,833 (-0.2%)	$49,750 → $58,056 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$230,100 → $291,900 (+26.9%)	$163,100 → $203,100 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$809 → $1,010 (+24.8%)

Lake Meade

Population

2,5692,398

Median household income

$111,000$110,833

Median home value

$230,100$291,900

New Oxford

Population

2,0141,777

Median household income

$49,750$58,056

Median home value

$163,100$203,100

Median gross rent

$809$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
Under 5	3.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	21.4%	8.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	12.7%
75 and over	8.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
No high school diploma	5.0%	17.9%
High school graduate	31.5%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
Drove alone	89.2%	72.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
1-unit, detached	98.8%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Meade	New Oxford
Poverty rate	3.3%	13.3%
Average household size	2.67	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1987	1972