Oxford County, Maine

Oxford County has a population of 59,255 and has grown 4.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $217,300, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $60,173.

Home price
$217,300
Income
$60,173
Population
59,255
Unemployment
4.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$217,300county
Median gross rent$836county
Median year homes here were built1977county
Share of homes built before 198053.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile11.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant34.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use28.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,628county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,295county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$989county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,801county
Home insurance / yr$1,335(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living113(statewide)
Median household income$60,173county
Family health premium / yr$25,568(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,310(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.049(statewide)
Poverty rate13.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.6%county
Unemployment rate4.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.4%county
Share of workers employed by government14.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.0%county
Economic output per resident$43,484county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.99%county
Top state income tax7.15%(statewide)
Capital gains tax7.15%(statewide)
Combined sales tax5.50%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time28.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service40 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5241county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station39 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.9%county
Traffic deaths62.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0007.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher24.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher92.6%county
Public schools in the county29county
Public school enrollment7791county
Students per full-time teacher12.0county
Free lunch eligible60.5%county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools5county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution23 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians67county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter5.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year19.1%county
Frequent mental distress17.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.2%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population59,255county
Land area in square miles2,077county
People per square mile of land28.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores12county
Convenience stores4county
Share living far from a food store9.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract6.4%county
Population change since 2020+4.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age48.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.9%county
Share of households that are one person30.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.4%county
Second languages2.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls17.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents145county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents12county
Households that moved in1,705county
Households that moved away1,458county
Average income of arriving households$62,071county
Average income of departing households$56,265county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes13county
Housing units authorised in the latest year468county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings14.5%county
Violent crime rate100(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature42.9°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.4 incounty
Annual snowfall87.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.70 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing172 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days143 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 14county
Average first fall frostOct 4county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$131county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh23.4¢county
Household electricity use557 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$24.84(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity8.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas1.5%county
Homes heated by propane11.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil58.0%county
Homes heated by wood17.8%county
Households with broadband87.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk73.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk40.7county
Landslide risk83.2county
Hail risk11.8county
Earthquake risk60.3county
Tornado risk16.7county
Tropical cyclone risk86.1county
Extreme heat risk32.2county
Winter weather risk94.9county
Strong wind risk50.5county
Wildfire risk27.2county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Oxford County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Maine figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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