Oxford County, Maine (ME)

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• • 54,43892.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,8164.8%Two or more races
  • 1,0241.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2970.5%Asian alone
  • 2560.4%Some other race alone
  • 1660.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 900.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 30.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $254,021

Here:	$254,021
State:	$364,324

Townhouses or other attached units: $393,466

Here:	$393,466
State:	$496,775

In 2-unit structures: $184,786

Here:	$184,786
State:	$349,654

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $229,715

Here:	$229,715
State:	$366,418

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $205,553

Here:	$205,553
State:	$342,001

Mobile homes: $333,480

Here:	$333,480
State:	$142,980

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $32,243

Here:	$32,243
State:	$41,429

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 23
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 12
• Burglaries: 42
• Thefts: 176
• Auto thefts: 10

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 15
• Burglaries: 42
• Thefts: 212
• Auto thefts: 15

Health of residents in Oxford County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,230 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,832 (1.0%)

Area name: Oxford County, ME
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Oxford County is $480 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $553 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $737 a month.

Cities in this county include: Rumford, Paris, Norway, Bethel, South Paris, Mexico, Buckfield, West Paris, Fryeburg, Peru.

Neighboring counties: Coos County, New Hampshire , Brown County, South Dakota , Carver County, Minnesota , Chippewa County, Minnesota , Day County, South Dakota , Edmunds County, South Dakota , Marion County, Oregon .

Current college students: 1,405
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 895 (56.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1482010 or later
• 1202000 to 2009
• 1501990 to 1999
• 1481980 to 1989
• 871970 to 1979
• 552Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 91.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 27,419
• One, attached: 350
• Two: 1,149
• 3 or 4: 1,284
• 5 to 9: 961
• 10 to 19: 213
• 20 to 49: 519
• 50 or more: 865
• Mobile homes: 3,868
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 46

Housing units in Oxford County with a mortgage: 10,010 (1,070 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 1,018 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 717

Religion statistics for Oxford County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Oxford County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Maine Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4522-ME: April 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4522, Natural disaster type: Other
• Maine Severe Storm And Flooding, Incident Period: October 29, 2017 - November 1, 2017, FEMA Id: 4354, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Tropical Storm Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to August 29, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4032: September 13, 2011, FEMA Id: 4032, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Maine Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides, Incident Period: June 18, 2009 to July 08, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1852: July 30, 2009, FEMA Id: 1852, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood
• Maine Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 11, 2007 to July 12, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1716: August 08, 2007, FEMA Id: 1716, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2007 to April 23, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1693: April 25, 2007, FEMA Id: 1693, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Maine Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3256: September 19, 2005, FEMA Id: 3256, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Maine Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melts, and Ice Jams, Incident Period: March 29, 2005 to May 03, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1591: June 29, 2005, FEMA Id: 1591, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Snow
• Maine Snow, Incident Period: March 11, 2005 to March 12, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3210: April 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 3210, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Maine Snow, Incident Period: March 09, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3209: April 01, 2005, FEMA Id: 3209, Natural disaster type: Snow
• 21 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.92% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($61,410 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.24% relocated from other counties in Maine ($26,997 average AGI)
3.69% relocated from other states ($34,412 average AGI)

Oxford County:	3.69%
Maine average:	3.89%

from Cumberland County, ME	1.40% ($56,009 average AGI)
from Androscoggin County, ME	1.40% ($51,518)
from York County, ME	0.57% ($46,947)
from Carroll County, NH	0.35% ($40,753)
from Franklin County, ME	0.27% ($39,651)
from Kennebec County, ME	0.21% ($42,163)
from Middlesex County, MA	0.18% ($142,244)

5.80% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($45,255 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.58% relocated to other counties in Maine ($24,813 average AGI)
2.22% relocated to other states ($20,442 average AGI)

Oxford County:	2.22%
Maine average:	2.63%

to Androscoggin County, ME	1.10% ($38,251 average AGI)
to Cumberland County, ME	1.03% ($42,731)
to York County, ME	0.46% ($43,066)
to Franklin County, ME	0.24% ($43,036)
to Kennebec County, ME	0.24% ($37,963)
to Carroll County, NH	0.23% ($45,846)
to Penobscot County, ME	0.16% ($32,583)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 11.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.2

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Oxford County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 11,888 (3,326 living alone), Female householders: 12,300 (3,715 living alone)

• 12,208 spouses (12,072 opposite-sex spouses), 2,623 unmarried partners, (2,578 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 13,734 children (12,477 natural, 400 adopted, 845 stepchildren), 1,512 grandchildren, 255 brothers or sisters, 416 parents, 231 foster children, 755 other relatives, 2,159 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 765

Size of family households: 8,536 2-persons, 3,039 3-persons, 2,035 4-persons, 928 5-persons, 429 6-persons, 249 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,035 1-person, 1,976 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 4 5-persons.

5,683 married couples with children.
2,878 single-parent households (1,041 men, 1,837 women).

97.9% of residents of Oxford speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (95% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (85% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (85% speak English very well, 15% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $343,307,000 ($6,064 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $23,133,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $154,724,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $70,957,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $474,000
Federal grants: $90,029,000
Federal procurement contracts: $16,391,000 ($13,764,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $10,732,000 ($46,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,409,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $8,087,000
Federal Government insurance: $39,833,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.19 millions of gallons per day (90% from ground, 10% from surface)

• Year house built in Oxford County, Maine
• 1242020 or later
• 2,2852010 to 2019
• 4,9962000 to 2009
• 3,7811990 to 1999
• 5,9041980 to 1989
• 4,5801970 to 1979
• 2,9851960 to 1969
• 2,6581950 to 1959
• 1,3841940 to 1949
• 7,7331939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Oxford County, Maine

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oxford County, Maine
• 1011 room
• 1992 rooms
• 1,2643 rooms
• 2,7424 rooms
• 4,5815 rooms
• 3,7256 rooms
• 2,6407 rooms
• 2,0168 rooms
• 2,3679+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oxford County, Maine
• 651 room
• 1682 rooms
• 9223 rooms
• 1,2104 rooms
• 1,0375 rooms
• 5386 rooms
• 2317 rooms
• 2168 rooms
• 1739+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Oxford County, Maine

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Oxford County, Maine
• 135no bedroom
• 1,3181 bedroom
• 5,7032 bedrooms
• 8,5233 bedrooms
• 3,1934 bedrooms
• 7855+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oxford County, Maine
• 87no bedroom
• 1,3341 bedroom
• 1,6802 bedrooms
• 1,2113 bedrooms
• 2304 bedrooms
• 585+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Oxford County, Maine in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Oxford County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 509no vehicle
• 5,3781 vehicle
• 8,5772 vehicles
• 3,6593 vehicles
• 9604 vehicles
• 4965+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Oxford County in renter-occupied apartments
• 813no vehicle
• 2,3491 vehicle
• 1,0042 vehicles
• 3733 vehicles
• 184 vehicles
• 675+ vehicles

90.5% of Oxford County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Maine.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 36,576
• Other state: 21,072
• Northeast: 16,011
• Midwest: 1,487
• South: 2,220
• West: 1,386

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,574
• Number of aged recipients: 91
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,483
• Number of recipients under 18: 179
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,169
• Number of recipients older than 64: 226
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 687
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 656

Oxford County on our top lists:

• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"