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Oneonta town, Otsego County, NY

4,994 Population
32.9 square miles 151.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Otsego County: 39.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,435 ±$7,198 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Otsego County: $36,840 ±$1,205
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,074 ±$10,481 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Otsego County: $68,885 ±$3,568
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±5.1% (704  ±256) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Otsego County: 12.5% † 6,904 (±1.4% / ±786)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±2.3 (41,745  ±8,896) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Otsego County: 22.9 533,745 (±1 / ±31,158)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,108 ±164 Number of households
  • Otsego County: 23,189 ±482
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (4,581  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Otsego County: 2.3 54,330 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±3.1% (12  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Otsego County: 6% † 897 (±1.6% / ±244)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,286 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Otsego County: 30,057 ±64
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$187,100 ±$26,674 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Otsego County: $179,100 ±$5,897
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±5.7% (533  ±285.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Otsego County: 11.3% † 6,722 (±1.2% / ±708.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.7% ±12.1% (3,767  ±540) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Otsego County: 92.9% 36,476 (±2.9% / ±1,141.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
41.9% ±8.8% (1,741  ±375.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Otsego County: 34.4% 13,504 (±1.8% / ±693)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

8.6% ±3.8% (430  ±191) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Otsego County: 4.1% 2,452
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±2.4% (236  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Otsego County: 6.1% 3,125 (±0.5% / ±259)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
236 Total veterans ±106 209 Male ±100 27 Female ±30

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