In Oxon Hill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.07 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
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 overall 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, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Oxon Hill in 2018 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.
In addition, Oxon Hill has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.34%).
The most common language spoken in Oxon Hill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
