Indiana · Census place 1857546
Oxford, Indiana
Oxford is a town in Benton County, Indiana with an estimated 1,182 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 280th largest of 299 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,182
- #280 of 299 in Indiana
- Change since 2020
- +1.7%
- +20 people
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 2,149 / sq mi
- State median 1,645
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Oxford population, 2020 to 2024
Oxford added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +12.
Oxford covers 0.55 square miles of land, for 2,149 people per square mile of land. The median Indiana place of 5,000+ has 1,645, so Oxford is denser than the typical town.
What county Oxford is in
All of Oxford's residents live in Benton County, which had 8,853 residents in 2024. Oxford holds 13.4% 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 town's land: 47971. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Oxford is
The Census internal point of Oxford is at 40.521500, -87.248200. Indianapolis, the capital, is 77.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fowler, IN (2,385 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carmel, IN, 69.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.521500, -87.248200
- DMS
- 40°31'17.40"N 87°14'53.52"W
- UTM
- 16N 478975.8E 4485670.8N
- Geohash
- dp1yw8eyc
- Plus code
- 86GJGQC2+JP
Daylight in Oxford
At 40.52° N, Oxford gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 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 Indiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Fowler, 7.6 miles away, with 2,385 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Oxford, IN?
1,182 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (1.7%) from 1,162 in July 2020.
What county is Oxford in?
Benton 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: 47971.
How far is Oxford from Indianapolis?
77.6 miles (124.9 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Oxford.
What is the nearest larger city to Oxford?
Fowler, IN, with 2,385 residents, 7.6 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.