Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Oxford
Oxford covers 26.517 square miles of land in Worcester County, about 503 people to the square mile, with another 0.908 square miles of water. One resident in five is under 18 and about one in seven is 65 or over. Four homes in five are lived in by their owners, the median household income is $104,000 and the poverty rate is 5.1 percent. About one resident in twenty was born outside the United States, and about one household in eleven speaks a language other than English at home. The figures below come from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 13,347
- Households: 4,882
- Persons per household: 2.7
- Foreign-born: 5.3% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 15.2%
- Under 18: 20.8%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 90.5%
- Asian: 0.8%
- Black or African American: 1.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 5.4%
- Two or more races: 5.5%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 9.3%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $104,000
- Poverty rate: 5.1%
- Median home value: $345,000
- Median gross rent: $1,150
- Homeownership: 81.2% of units
- In the labor force: 67.4%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Oxford's largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, which is worth knowing before anyone tells you how this town votes. The town's own certified 2026 election sheet counted 11,544 registered voters as of the May 8 registration deadline, across the five precincts.
- Total registered: 11,094
- Unenrolled (no party): 7,983 (71.96%)
- Democrats: 1,731 (15.60%)
- Republicans: 1,239 (11.17%)
See how Oxford fits into the broader Commonwealth.