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Oswego, KS

1,770 Population
2.4 square miles 735.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,358 ±$3,779 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $30,805 ±$843
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$51,701 ±$7,114 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $60,146 ±$1,560
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

20.2% ±7.1% (327  ±123) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 16.4% 32,515 (±1.2% / ±2,310)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19 minutes ±4 (12,350  ±3,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.4 1,739,455 (±0.5 / ±51,513)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

709 ±104 Number of households
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 78,178 ±807
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.5 (1,632  ±227) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 198,605 (±0 / ±85)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

0.9% ±1.5% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.4% † 2,924 (±0.9% / ±428)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

809 ±109 Number of housing units
  • the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 87,651 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$80,700 ±$4,346 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: $157,000 ±$3,790
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

28.7% ±10.6% (505  ±197.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 27,553 (±1.1% / ±2,098.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

92.2% ±4.3% (1,116  ±139.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.2% 120,192 (±1.7% / ±2,297.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
13.3% ±3.8% (161  ±49.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 24% 32,370 (±0.9% / ±1,222.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.6% ±2.6% (46  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 4% 8,150
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.5% ±2% (74  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Joplin, MO-KS Metro Area: 8.1% 12,323 (±0.5% / ±762)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
74 Total veterans ±28 66 Male ±26 8 Female ±8

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