Georgia · Census place 1358744

Oxford, Georgia

Oxford is a city in Newton County, Georgia with an estimated 2,310 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 226th largest of 305 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,310
#226 of 305 in Georgia
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+10 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,074 / sq mi
State median 1,234
Orange pin: Oxford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Atlanta.

Oxford population, 2020 to 2024

Oxford added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

2,30020202,31920212,29120222,29620232,3102024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,297. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oxford covers 2.15 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,074 people per square mile of land. The median Georgia place of 5,000+ has 1,234, so Oxford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oxford is in

All of Oxford's residents live in Newton County, which had 124,010 residents in 2024. Oxford holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oxford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Oxford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 30054. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Oxford is

The Census internal point of Oxford is at 33.628400, -83.872300. Atlanta, the capital, is 30.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Covington, GA (15,302 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Atlanta, GA, 33.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.628400, -83.872300
DMS
33°37'42.24"N 83°52'20.28"W
UTM
17N 233556.4E 3724655.4N
Geohash
djur73y59
Plus code
865RJ4HH+93

Daylight in Oxford

At 33.63° N, Oxford gets about 14 h 23 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Oxford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Georgia, measured between internal points. The closest is Covington, 2.2 miles away, with 15,302 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oxford, GA?

2,310 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.4%) from 2,300 in July 2020.

What county is Oxford in?

Newton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Oxford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 30054.

How far is Oxford from Atlanta?

30.8 miles (49.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Oxford.

What is the nearest larger city to Oxford?

Covington, GA, with 15,302 residents, 2.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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