Oxford is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Oxford area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Oxford maintain a good economy.
Being a small city, Oxford does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Oxford who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.58% of adults in Oxford have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Oxford in 2022 was $26,399, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,596 for a family of four. However, Oxford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Oxford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Oxford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oxford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Oxford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.50% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oxford include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Oxford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
