Downingtown vs Oxford

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

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

Downingtown has the higher population (8,163 vs 5,763 in Oxford). Downingtown has the higher median household income ($82,292 vs $61,470 in Oxford). Downingtown has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $309,600 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Downingtown	Oxford
Population	8,163	5,763
Median age	38.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$61,470
Median home value	$322,500	$309,600
Median gross rent	$1,528	$1,208
Housing units	3,658	2,297
Homeownership rate	50.9%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downingtown	Oxford
Population	7,926 → 8,163 (+3.0%)	5,515 → 5,763 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$66,345 → $82,292 (+24.0%)	$55,380 → $61,470 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $322,500 (+32.9%)	$215,200 → $309,600 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,528 (+28.0%)	$998 → $1,208 (+21.0%)

Downingtown

Population

7,9268,163

Median household income

$66,345$82,292

Median home value

$242,700$322,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,528

Oxford

Population

5,5155,763

Median household income

$55,380$61,470

Median home value

$215,200$309,600

Median gross rent

$998$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downingtown	Oxford
Under 5	6.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	20.2%	10.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.1%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	4.7%
75 and over	4.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downingtown	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	49.6%
Black or African American	10.9%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	38.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downingtown	Oxford
No high school diploma	3.2%	18.4%
High school graduate	26.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downingtown	Oxford
Drove alone	70.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.1%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	9.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downingtown	Oxford
1-unit, detached	21.0%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	36.6%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	8.3%
20 or more units	9.2%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Downingtown	Oxford
Poverty rate	7.1%	23.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1964	1978