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Oxon Hill, MD
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Oxon Hill profile


Living in Oxon Hill



Oxon Hill is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 18,791 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Oxon Hill is the 55th largest community in Maryland.

Also of interest is that Oxon Hill has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Oxon Hill, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.07 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Even though Oxon Hill is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

The education level of Oxon Hill citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.18% of adults in Oxon Hill have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Oxon Hill in 2022 was $44,670, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $178,680 for a family of four. However, Oxon Hill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Oxon Hill is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Oxon Hill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Oxon Hill residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Oxon Hill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.99% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Oxon Hill include Jamaican, Irish, African, English, and German.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Oxon Hill's cultural character, accounting for 18.34% of the town’s population.

The most common language spoken in Oxon Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.