| Upper Oxford Township | |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Image Map1: | Pennsylvania in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Pennsylvania in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.8428°N -75.9536°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chester |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 43.34 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 16.73 |
| Area Land Km2: | 43.09 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 16.64 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.25 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.10 |
| Elevation Ft: | 558 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 2484 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Est: | 2497 |
| Population Density Km2: | 57.95 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 150.10 |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Area Code: | 610 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-029-79208 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Upper Oxford Township is a township that is located in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, the township had a population of 2,484.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of, all land.
As of 2020, there were of public roads in Upper Oxford Township, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.[3]
U.S. Route 1 is the most prominent highway serving Upper Oxford Township. It follows the Kennett Oxford Bypass along a southwest-northeast alignment through the southeastern part of the township.
Pennsylvania Route 10 follows Limestone Road along a southwest-northeast alignment through the central portion of the township while Pennsylvania Route 896 follows Newark Road along a northwest-southeast alignment through the middle of the township.
At the time of the 2010 census, this township was 86.1% non-Hispanic White, 7.8% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% Black or African American, 0.4% Native American, and 0.3% Asian with 2.1% defined as two or more races.[4]
At the ime of the 2000 census, there were 2,095 people, 725 households, and 584 families living in the township.
The population density was 124.8sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 743 housing units at an average density of 44.3sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the township was 91.69% White, 3.68% African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 2.43% from other races, and 1.48% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.67%.[5]
There were 725 households, of which 40.6% had children who were under the age of eighteen living with them; 72.4% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.4% were non-families. There were also 14.5% of households that were one-person households, of which 5.5% had residents who were aged sixty-five or older.
The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.24.
The age distribution was 29.1% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 5.9% who were aged eighteen to twenty-four, 31.8% who were aged twenty-five to forty-four, 24.6% who were aged forty-five to sixty-four, and 8.6% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was thirty-six years.
For every one hundred females, there were 104.0 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen or older, there were 103.6 males.
The median household income was $61,094 and the median family income was $66,875. Males had a median income of $43,594 compared with that of $30,990 for females.
The per capita income for the township was $24,641.
Approximately 3.9% of families and 4.9% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 6.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.