Moving to Oxford, Mississippi

About Oxford, Mississippi
Oxford

Oxford is the 14th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, and the county seat of Lafayette County, 75 miles (121 km) southeast of Memphis. A college town, Oxford surrounds the University of Mississippi or "Ole Miss". Founded in 1837, the city is named after Oxford, England.

Purchasing the land from a Chickasaw, pioneers founded Oxford in 1837. In 1841, the Mississippi State Legislature selected it as the site of the state's first university, Ole Miss. Oxford is also the hometown of Nobel Prize-winning novelist William Faulkner, and served as the inspiration for his fictional Jefferson in Yoknapatawpha County. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, who served as a US Supreme Court Justice and Secretary of the Interior, also lived and is buried in Oxford.

At the 2020 US Census, the population was 25,416.

Gender
Gender Oxford Mississippi Country
Female 50.4% 51.6% 50.8%
Male 49.6% 48.4% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.050%50%Female50.4%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.016%5%10%9%11%19%9%9%8%5%$50K to $75K18.6%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Oxford Mississippi Country
Less than $10,000 15.7% 9.4% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 5.2% 6.7% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 10.2% 12.3% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 8.5% 11% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 11% 13.5% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 18.6% 17% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 8.7% 11.4% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 9% 11.2% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 7.8% 4.1% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 5.3% 3.4% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.00%4%15%12%7%31%17%5%9%Bachelor Degree31%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Oxford Mississippi Country
< 9th Grade 0% 5% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 4% 10% 7.0%
High School or GED 15% 30% 27.0%
Other College 12% 22% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 7% 10% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 31% 14% 20.0%
Master's Degree 17% 6% 9.0%
Professional Degree 5% 2% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 9% 1% 1.0%
Household Income
 Oxford Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K15.79.45.85.26.74.110.212.38.58.5118.61113.51218.61717.28.711.412.8911.215.67.84.17.15.33.48.3
Education
 Oxford Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade055410715302712222071093114201769522911
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.067%25%1%3%3%0%1%0%White67.4%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Oxford Mississippi Country
White 67.4% 56.4% 60.1%
African American 25% 37.5% 12.2%
American Indian 0.5% 0.4% 0.6%
Asian 3.2% 1% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%
Multiracial 0.8% 1.3% 2.8%
Hispanic 2.8% 3.2% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Oxford Mississippi  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0017.53552.570Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite67.456.460.12537.512.20.50.40.63.215.6000.20.30.20.30.81.32.82.83.218.2