Census-designated place · Warren County, New Jersey

Oxford, New Jersey

Oxford is a census-designated place in Warren County, New Jersey, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area. It has 1,122 residents. Oxford, New Jersey has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,926 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New Jersey it ranks #431 of 552 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), hospital quality rating (high) and violent crime rate (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), rent as share of income (high) and average commute time (high).

62High

Quality-of-life score: #5,926 of 15,651 cities and towns
New Jersey: #431 of 552 in NJ
Population: 1,122 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,626.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 3455500

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety92#1,316/15,637
Economy62#6,006/15,631
Housing14#12,835/14,977
Health80#3,173/15,609
Healthcare64#5,575/15,650
Environment65#5,415/15,453
Education53#7,298/15,649
Infrastructure22#12,205/15,650
Community71#4,505/15,651
Leisure & amenities46#8,521/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Oxford, New Jersey ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Warren County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Students per teacher · low10.6×
96/100New Jersey 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsWarren County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.5
94/100New Jersey 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesWarren County value
Violent crime rate · low70 /100k
94/100New Jersey 194 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationWarren County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100New Jersey 1.2United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWarren County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100New Jersey 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationWarren County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100New Jersey 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWarren County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high3.11%
0/100New Jersey 1.88%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Rent as share of income · high51.0%
2/100New Jersey 30.9%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Average commute time · high40.6 min
8/100New Jersey 30.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Broadband subscriptions · low81.9%
21/100New Jersey 92.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high20.6%
21/100New Jersey 9.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Rent-burdened households · high76.2%
24/100New Jersey 51.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,182 (2015-2019) → 1,122 (2020-2024)
−5.1%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
4.3% (2015-2019) → 20.6% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
35.2% (2015-2019) → 51.0% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
63.0% (2015-2019) → 76.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
High school diploma or higherImproving
80.4% (2015-2019) → 93.5% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
29.5 min (2015-2019) → 40.6 min (2020-2024)
+37%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Oxford, New Jersey improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined1

Rent / income+16 points35.2% → 51.0%

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Oxford, New Jersey between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.5 min2015-2019	40.6 min2020-2024	+11.0 min	Within the margin of error	2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	78.2%2015-2019	81.9%2020-2024	+3.8 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Effective property tax rate	3.40%2015-2019	3.11%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	80.4%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+13 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	−0.5×	Within the margin of error	93%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5012015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.087	Within the margin of error	94%
Median household income	$59,7502015-2019	$77,9892020-2024	+31%	Within the margin of error	56%
Poverty rate	11.0%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	35.2%2015-2019	51.0%2020-2024	+16 points	Declined	4%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Oxford, New Jersey five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Oxford, New Jersey in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Oxford, New Jersey itself moved +5.5 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,122 residents (±290)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

421 households (±74)

Oxford, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Under $25k11%†47
$25k–50k20%†83
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

421 households (±74)

Oxford, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Own85%358
Rent15%†63

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+13.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

605 workers (±187)

Oxford, New Jersey
New Jersey share

Drive alone81%†491
Carpool6.8%†41
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Warren County, the county holding most of Oxford's residents.

Warren County has 2,286 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.81× New Jersey's), with 28,428 paid employees at an average annual pay of $54,557. The Census Bureau also counts 8,901 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,286; 8,901 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · New Jersey 253
Paid employees: 28,428
Average annual pay: $54,557; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Warren County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	193	17.3	0.83×About typical	2,037	$70,959	343
Restaurants and other eating places	189	16.9	0.92×About typical	2,274	$22,411	56
Specialty trade contractors	185	16.6	1.07×About typical	930	$63,930	677
Services to buildings and dwellings	95	8.5	1.26×More than typical	765	$42,778	501
Building equipment contractors	90	8.1	1.34×More than typical	367	$67,676	171
Full-service restaurants	87	7.8	1.01×About typical	1,065	$25,177	24
Limited-service restaurants	80	7.2	0.89×About typical	969	$19,715	22
Personal care services	75	6.7	1.41×More than typical	293	$23,870	193
Automotive repair and maintenance	74	6.6	1.32×More than typical	316	$50,114	116
Landscaping services	72	6.4	1.84×More than typical	186	$63,296	187
Construction of buildings	68	6.1	0.81×About typical	183	$81,546	294
Offices of other health practitioners	64	5.7	0.94×About typical	342	$44,848	191

Rank places for an industry Open Warren County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 111,651 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Oxford is mostly in Warren County.

See federal money in Warren County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Oxford, New Jersey is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Thomas H. Kean, Jr.R-NJ-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 21.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Warren County87100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ74

Other cities and towns in Warren County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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