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Oxford, IA map Population (year 2000): 705. Estimated population in July 2006: 639 (-9.4% change)
 

Males: 349  (49.5%)
Females: 356  (50.5%)

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Median resident age:  35.9 years
Iowa median age:  36.6 years

Zip codes: 52322.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $40,800 (it was $37,292 in 2000)
Oxford  $40,800
Iowa:  $43,609

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $103,200 (it was $86,300 in 2000)
Oxford  $103,200
Iowa:  $106,600

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Races in Oxford:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.3%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)
  • Filipino (0.6%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (28.1%), Irish (19.7%), United States (13.9%), Czech (8.8%), English (7.4%), Swedish (2.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 04/8/1881

Elevation: 750 feet

Land area: 0.52 square miles.

Population density: 1247 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Oxford

  • High school or higher: 89.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 6.2%
  • Unemployed: 4.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Oxford city

  • Never married: 27.7%
  • Now married: 55.7%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 8.4%
  • Divorced: 6.5%

11 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.6%
Iowa:  3.1%



According to our research there were 6 registered sex offenders living in Oxford, Iowa in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Oxford to the number of sex offenders is 109 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Oxford:  1.0% ($886)
Iowa:  1.3% ($1,077)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Iowa City, IA (18.8 miles , pop. 62,220).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (189.3 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (282.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Tiffin, IA (8.9 miles ), Swisher, IA (10.7 miles ), Walford, IA (11.2 miles ), North Liberty, IA (12.6 miles ), Shueyville, IA (13.0 miles ), Fairfax, IA (13.6 miles ), Coralville, IA (14.2 miles ), Norway, IA (15.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $119,400
  • 1997: 1 building, cost: $120,500
  • 1998: 1 building, cost: $120,500
  • 1999: 1 building, cost: $120,500
  • 2000: 1 building, cost: $120,500
  • 2001: 1 building, cost: $120,500
  • 2002: 1 building, cost: $120,500
  • 2003: 2 buildings, average cost: $120,500
  • 2004: 2 buildings, average cost: $120,500
  • 2005: 2 buildings, average cost: $120,500
  • 2006: 1 building, cost: $120,500

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Latitude: 41.72 N, Longitude: 91.79 W


Area code: 319

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Population change in the 1990s: +33 (+4.9%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (12%)
  • Truck transportation (10%)
  • Repair and maintenance (8%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (40%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
  • Data processing and other information services (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


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Oxford-area historical tornado activity is near Iowa state average. It is 108% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/7/1984, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 10.7 miles away from the Oxford city center killed 3 people and injured 64 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/30/1954, a category 4 tornado 26.2 miles away from the city center .


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Hospitals/medical centers near Oxford:
  • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINIC (about 17 miles; IOWA CITY, IA)
  • MERCY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; IOWA CITY, IA)
  • MARENGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; MARENGO, IA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Oxford:
  • THE EASTERN IOWA (about 13 miles; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; ID: CID)
  • OTTUMWA INDUSTRIAL (about 62 miles; OTTUMWA, IA; ID: OTM)
  • WATERLOO MUNI (about 71 miles; WATERLOO, IA; ID: ALO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Oxford:
  • AMANA (about 7 miles; AMANA, IA; ID: C11)
  • IOWA CITY MUNI (about 19 miles; IOWA CITY, IA; ID: IOW)
  • MARION (about 28 miles; MARION, IA; ID: C17)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Oxford:
  • UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (about 17 miles; IOWA CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 24,766)
  • KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 39 miles; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; FT enrollment: 7,991)
  • UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA (about 63 miles; CEDAR FALLS, IA; FT enrollment: 12,524)
  • INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; OTTUMWA, IA; FT enrollment: 2,744)
  • HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 66 miles; WATERLOO, IA; FT enrollment: 3,292)
  • UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; FAYETTE, IA; FT enrollment: 3,173)
  • AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 84 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL; FT enrollment: 2,220)
Public elementary/middle school in Oxford:
  • CLEAR CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 460; Location: 230 W WILSON; Grades: PK - 05)
Library in Oxford:
  • OXFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $4,180; Location: 112 AUGUSTA AVE; 8,047 books; 10 audio materials; 18 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Oxford and their reported violations in the past:

DAKOTA MHP (Address: 3361 BLACK HAWK AVE NW LOT 13, Population served: 32, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAR-2006, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-03-2006), St Public Notif received (MAY-01-2006)
  • MCL, Acute (TCR) - In MAR-2006, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (MAY-01-2006)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In NOV-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-1999), St Public Notif requested (NOV-30-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-30-1999), St Compliance achieved (MAY-31-2000)
  • MCL, Acute (TCR) - In OCT-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-09-1998), St Formal NOV issued (OCT-09-1998), St AO (w/o penalty) issued (OCT-13-1998), St Compliance achieved (MAR-17-1999)
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-1998, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-19-1998), St Public Notif requested (OCT-19-1998), St Public Notif received (OCT-28-1998), St Compliance achieved (MAR-17-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2005 and AUG-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-27-2005), St Public Notif requested (OCT-27-2005), St Compliance achieved (DEC-28-2005)
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - In JUL-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (DEC-08-2004), St Public Notif requested (DEC-08-2004), St Compliance achieved (DEC-28-2005)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and SEP-09-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-15-2004), St Public Notif requested (SEP-15-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-15-2004), St Compliance achieved (SEP-09-2005)
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • 4 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.5 people
Iowa:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  68.1%
Whole state:  67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  4.7%
Whole state:  4.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  3.6%
Whole state:  9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  1.9%
Whole state:  3.8%

Oxford compared to Iowa state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.


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Banks with branches in Oxford (2007 data):
  • First Trust and Savings Bank: Oxford Branch at 102 Augusta Avenue, branch established on 1999-12-27. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $50.0 mil, Deposits: $38.7 mil, headquarters in Coralville, IA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Oxford government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $104,000
    Solid Waste Management: $28,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $163,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $202,000
    Regular Highways: $105,000
    Sewerage: $51,000
    Solid Waste Management: $26,000
    General Public Buildings: $21,000
    General - Other: $21,000
    Fire Protection: $13,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $8,000
    Central Staff Services: $5,000
    Financial Administration: $4,000
    Libraries: $3,000
    Parks & Recreation: $2,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $17,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $16,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $23,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $493,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $275,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $125,000
    Other NEC: $100,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Water Utilities: $414,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $84,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $194,000
    Water Utilities: $161,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $97,000
    Water Utilities: $43,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $38,000
    Interest Earnings: $5,000
    Rents: $5,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $183,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $70,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $56,000
    General Support: $10,000
  • Tax - Property: $200,000
    NEC: $2,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $79,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $37,000

10.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,443 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.50%
Iowa average:  6.30%

0.62% of residents moved from foreign countries ($467 average AGI)
Johnson County:  0.62%
Iowa average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Linn County, IA  1.11% ($39,219 average AGI)
from Polk County, IA  0.44% ($30,598)
from Washington County, IA  0.34% ($32,047)


10.48% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($39,093 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  10.48%
Iowa average:  6.47%

0.17% of residents moved to foreign countries ($467 average AGI)
Johnson County:  0.17%
Iowa average:  0.03%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Linn County, IA  1.33% ($35,732 average AGI)
to Polk County, IA  0.55% ($37,504)
to Cook County, IL  0.51% ($31,248)


Strongest AM radio stations in Oxford:
  • KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KCJJ (1630 AM; 10 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: RIVER CITY RADIO, INC.)
  • WMT (600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WSUI (910 AM; 5 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA)
  • KCRG (1600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION CO.)
  • KXIC (800 AM; 1 kW; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KMJM (1360 AM; 1 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KMRY (1450 AM; 1 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: SELLERS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KDNZ (1650 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATIONS CO., LLC)
  • KCNZ (1250 AM; 10 kW; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: FIFE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, L.C.)
  • KKHQ (950 AM; 5 kW; OELWEIN, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Oxford:
  • KRNA (94.1 FM; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KDAT (104.5 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KSUI (91.7 FM; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA)
  • KZIA (102.9 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: KZIA, INC.)
  • KUNI (90.9 FM; CEDAR FALLS, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
  • KKRQ (100.7 FM; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFMW (107.9 FM; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KCCK-FM (88.3 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • KHAK (98.1 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WMT-FM (96.5 FM; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

TV broadcast stations around Oxford:
  • KFXA (Channel 28; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: SECOND GENERATION OF IOWA, LTD.)
  • KGAN (Channel 2; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: KGAN LICENSEE, LLC)
  • KCRG-TV (Channel 9; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CEDAR RAPIDS TELEVISION CO.)
  • KWKB (Channel 20; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: KM TELEVISION OF IOWA, L.L.C.)
  • KWWL (Channel 7; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
  • KIIN (Channel 12; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
  • KRIN (Channel 32; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
  • KYOU-TV (Channel 15; OTTUMWA, IA; Owner: WAITT BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • K64DG (Channel 64; IOWA CITY, IA; Owner: R B SHELDAHL)
  • KCDE-LP (Channel 67; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KCDR-LP (Channel 55; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KHHH-LP (Channel 57; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KRUB-LP (Channel 65; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KPXR (Channel 48; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • K17ET (Channel 17; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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