Kennett Square vs Oxford

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

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

Kennett Square has the higher population (6,096 vs 5,763 in Oxford). Kennett Square has the higher median household income ($74,259 vs $61,470 in Oxford). Kennett Square has the higher median home value ($347,700 vs $309,600 in Oxford).

Population, income & housing

	Kennett Square	Oxford
Population	6,096	5,763
Median age	38.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,259	$61,470
Median home value	$347,700	$309,600
Median gross rent	$1,243	$1,208
Housing units	2,348	2,297
Homeownership rate	52.5%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennett Square	Oxford
Population	6,190 → 6,096 (-1.5%)	5,515 → 5,763 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$77,404 → $74,259 (-4.1%)	$55,380 → $61,470 (+11.0%)
Median home value	$263,300 → $347,700 (+32.1%)	$215,200 → $309,600 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,243 (+12.7%)	$998 → $1,208 (+21.0%)

Kennett Square

Population

6,1906,096

Median household income

$77,404$74,259

Median home value

$263,300$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,243

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)

	Kennett Square	Oxford
Under 5	7.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	20.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.6%	4.7%
75 and over	5.3%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennett Square	Oxford
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	49.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	38.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennett Square	Oxford
No high school diploma	18.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	29.0%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennett Square	Oxford
Drove alone	72.9%	79.2%
Carpooled	14.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	9.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennett Square	Oxford
1-unit, detached	47.9%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	6.7%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Kennett Square	Oxford
Poverty rate	4.5%	23.8%
Average household size	2.82	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1955	1978