Pennsylvania · Census place 4257480

Oxford, Pennsylvania

Oxford is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,909 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 153rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,909
#153 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+176 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
3,015 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Oxford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Oxford population, 2020 to 2024

Oxford added 176 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +34. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Oxford is 71% of it.

5,73320205,75620215,85720225,87520235,9092024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,732. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Oxford covers 1.96 square miles of land, for 3,015 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Oxford is less dense than the typical town.

What county Oxford is in

All of Oxford's residents live in Chester County, which had 560,745 residents in 2024. Oxford holds 1.1% 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 borough's land: 19363. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Oxford is

The Census internal point of Oxford is at 39.785600, -75.979700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 58.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newark, DE (30,506 people), 14.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 47.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.785600, -75.979700
DMS
39°47'8.16"N 75°58'46.92"W
UTM
18N 416111.4E 4404420.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F6Q2PC+64

Daylight in Oxford

At 39.79° N, Oxford gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 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 Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is West Grove, 8.4 miles away, with 2,831 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Oxford, PA?

5,909 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 176 (3.1%) from 5,733 in July 2020.

What county is Oxford in?

Chester 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: 19363.

How far is Oxford from Harrisburg?

58.2 miles (93.6 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Oxford.

What is the nearest larger city to Oxford?

Newark, DE, with 30,506 residents, 14.0 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.