Am I Rural? – Report

Report produced by the Rural Health Information Hub on 04/20/26.

Location
Report Address:
Oxford, NC *

Latitude: 36.31199
Longitude: -78.5882

Census Tract:
37077970400 (2020)

County:
Granville County, NC

* Report is for a specific point in Oxford, NC. Results may not be the same for all points in Oxford, NC.

Common Rural Definitions
How Your Location is Defined
Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), 2025

Data Source: 2025 TIGER/Line, U.S. Census Bureau

Nonmetropolitan - not located in a metropolitan or micropolitan area.
Urban Areas, 2020

Data Source: 2025 TIGER/Line, U.S. Census Bureau

Located within an Urban Area.
  • Urban Area Name: Oxford, NC Urban Area
  • UA Number: 66592
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) defined rural areas

Data Source: List provided by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy - updated 9/12/2025

Granville County, NC has been designated by FORHP as rural.
Frontier and Remote Area (FAR)
by 2020 census tract

Data Source: Frontier and Remote Area Codes, Economic Research Service

  • Not located in a Frontier and/or Remote area.
Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCAs)
by 2020 census tract

Data Source: Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes, Economic Research Service

  • RUCA Code: 7.0
  • Primary Description: Small town core: primary comuting flow is within an urban area of 9,999 or fewer people (small town UA)
Rural-Urban Continuum Codes (RUCCs) 2023

Data Source: Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, Economic Research Service

RUCCs are assigned at the county level.

Information for Granville County

  • RUCC Code: 6
  • RUCC Description: Nonmetro - Urban population of 5,000 to 20,000, adjacent to a metro area
Urban Influence Codes (UICs) 2024

Data Source: Urban Influence Codes, Economic Research Service

 Information for Granville County
  • Urban Influence Code: 3
  • UIC Description: Noncore, adjacent to a large metro area
Census 2020, Percent Rural

Data Source: Urban and Rural, U.S. Census Bureau

Information for Granville County
  • Percent of County Population that is Rural: 71.43
Program Eligibility
The information provided by this service addresses only the rural aspect of a program's requirements. Your Am I Rural? report is not a guarantee of your rural status. Please check with the program contacts directly to verify your eligibility for specific federal programs.
Program Rural? Explanation
CMS - Rural Health Clinics (RHC) Program YES CMS interim guidance considers a location to meet the rural location requirement for the RHC program if it is outside of an urbanized area in the 2010 Census Bureau data OR if it is outside of an urban area in the 2020 Census Bureau data.
  • This location is outside of 2010 Urbanized Areas
Shortage Designations
Area Type Details
Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) YES
Name: LI - Granville County
ID: 1376796548
Type: HPSA Population
Population: Low Income Population HPSA
Score: 18
Date of Designation: August 6, 2021
Last Update: June 16, 2025
Dental Care HPSA YES
Name: LI - Granville County
ID: 6378469863
Type: HPSA Population
Population: Low Income Population HPSA
Score: 15
Date of Designation: November 29, 2019
Last Update: August 27, 2025
Mental Health HPSA YES
Name: LI - Granville County
ID: 7379434661
Type: HPSA Population
Population: Low Income Population HPSA
Score: 16
Date of Designation: November 12, 2020
Last Update: July 11, 2025
Medically Underserved Area/Population YES
Name: GRANVILLE SERVICE AREA
ID: 02475
Type: Medically Underserved Area
Score: 41.5
Date of Designation: November 1, 1978
Last Update: November 1, 1978

For data sources and definitions, see the Rural Classifications help section.