Oxford, Mississippi

Oxford population, 2020 to 2024

Oxford added 1,295 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.1%. In the latest year it moved by -284. Among 61 Mississippi places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 8th; the median place changed by -1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Mississippi has 12,656 people, so Oxford is 2.1 times that size.

Oxford covers 26.62 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 1,007 people per square mile of land. The median Mississippi place of 5,000+ has 738, so Oxford is denser than the typical town.

What county Oxford is in

All of Oxford's residents live in Lafayette County, which had 59,843 residents in 2024. Oxford holds 44.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Oxford

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Oxford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38655, 38677. 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 34.351300, -89.537000. Jackson, the capital, is 146.7 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Olive Branch, MS (47,365 people), 45.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Memphis, TN, 57.8 miles away.

Daylight in Oxford

At 34.35° N, Oxford gets about 14 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 36 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 Mississippi, measured between internal points. The closest is Water Valley, 14.1 miles away, with 3,409 people.