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Mexico town, Oswego County, NY

5,280 Population
46.3 square miles 114.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oswego County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$36,064 ±$3,266 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oswego County: $35,222 ±$983
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$64,016 ±$18,561 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Oswego County: $68,461 ±$2,888
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

12.9% ±5.5% (676  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oswego County: 16.5% 18,598 (±1.4% / ±1,581)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

25.3 minutes ±1.7 (54,690  ±8,090) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Oswego County: 25.3 1,226,740 (±0.6 / ±42,689)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

2,269 ±219 Number of households
  • Oswego County: 47,132 ±570
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.2 (5,253  ±43) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Oswego County: 2.4 113,224 (±0 / ±185)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

2.1% ±1.6% (27  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oswego County: 5.2% † 1,373 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,579 ±265 Number of housing units
  • Oswego County: 54,697 ±154
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$157,700 ±$16,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oswego County: $139,600 ±$4,113
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

6.8% ±2.8% (357  ±149.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Oswego County: 13.4% 15,590 (±1.1% / ±1,277.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

87.5% ±6.7% (3,296  ±370.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Oswego County: 90% 72,287 (±2% / ±1,623.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
18.4% ±3.9% (693  ±156.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Oswego County: 21.9% 17,608 (±1.1% / ±902)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.5% (35  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Oswego County: 2% 2,371
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

11.6% ±3.3% (481  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oswego County: 8.3% 7,749 (±0.6% / ±515)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
481 Total veterans ±139 457 Male ±141 24 Female ±28

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