Many parks serve Oxford's citizens. Among them are Southford Falls State Park in the northern section of town, Jackson Cove Beach in the southern section (Oxford residents only), and Kirks Pond in the center of town. The 10.4-mile Larkin Bridle Trail, created in the 1940s from the path of a former train track, is one of the earliest examples of the "rails-to-trails" movement.

Among the more recent additions to Oxford is Oxford Greens, a public golf course with over 400 homes for "Active Adults" over the age of 55. The Golf Club at Oxford Greens offer residents of Oxford and Naugatuck the opportunity to purchase an Oxford Greens Resident Card for only $55 a week.

The nearest shopping malls to Oxford are the Brass Mill Center in Waterbury, Westfield Shoppingtown in Trumbull, Connecticut Post Mall in Milford, and the Danbury Fair Mall.

Oxford has two elementary schools: Quaker Farms School (kindergarten through second grade) and Oxford Center School (third through fifth grade); one middle school: Great Oak Middle School (sixth through eighth grade); and Oxford High School. In 2008, 90 percent of fourth grade students met state standards in math (as compared to 85 percent statewide); 82 percent in reading (statewide: 74 percent); 95 percent in writing (statewide: 85 percent). A total of 92 percent of eighth graders in town met state math standards (statewide: 85 percent), 94 percent in reading (statewide: 81 percent); and 94 percent in writing (statewide: 84 percent).

In 2007, the town spent $47 million to construct its first high school.[citation needed] Before the school was constructed, students were split between Seymour High School in Seymour and Masuk High School in Monroe. Oxford High School had 570 students in 2009 and offered instruction in three foreign languages and six advanced-placement classes. Oxford High is a member of the South West Conference for athletics, competing with Bethel, Brookfield, Joel Barlow (Easton/Redding), Masuk (Monroe), New Fairfield, Newtown, Pomperaug (Southbury/Middlebury), and Weston, among others.

The town is bisected by Route 67 that begins in Woodbridge and ends in New Milford. Route 188 runs through the Quaker Farms section of town. Other major roads in town are Route 34 along the Housatonic River (and which crosses the Housatonic into Monroe via the Stevenson Dam Bridge) and Route 42 in the eastern section of town.

Waterbury-Oxford Airport, with the second largest runway in Connecticut is located in Oxford and Middlebury, CT. The airport, which is owned and operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation has become one of the largest & fastest growing corporate aviation centers in the Northeast. There are 252 aircraft based at the airport with 80 of those aircraft being large corporate business jets.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.4 square miles (86.5 km²), of which, 32.9 square miles (85.2 km²) of it is land and 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) of it (1.50%) is water.

The towns bordering Oxford are Beacon Falls, Middlebury, Monroe, Naugatuck, Newtown, Seymour and Southbury.

Being centrally located in southwestern Connecticut, Oxford has the choice of three local newspapers: Connecticut Post of Bridgeport, Republican-American of Waterbury and The New Haven Register. Oxford residents also receive 'Voices', a free publication; it offers community news to over 20 towns in Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties. Hometown Publications has recently started a new newspaper for its residents called the 'Oxford Gazette.'