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Oswego, NY

17,028 Population
7.6 square miles 2,236.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,339 ±$1,947 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $40,236 ±$555
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$53,286 ±$3,901 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $73,558 ±$941
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

21.1% ±4.9% (3,429  ±789) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 14% 87,515 (±0.5% / ±3,218)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

18.3 minutes ±1.6 (130,100  ±15,263) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 21.6 5,933,570 (±0.3 / ±103,964)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

7,256 ±277 Number of households
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 267,658 ±1,220
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.3 ±0.1 (16,304  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 2.3 625,548 (±0 / ±724)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

5.7% ±3.1% (214  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 4.8% 7,200 (±0.4% / ±619)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

8,552 ±301 Number of housing units
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 297,056 ±288
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$114,600 ±$5,421 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $175,300 ±$2,099
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

14.8% ±3% (2,502  ±506.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 13.5% 87,577 (±0.5% / ±3,030.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

92.1% ±4.9% (10,027  ±646.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 91.6% 413,215 (±1% / ±4,316.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
28.5% ±3.3% (3,109  ±378.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 34.2% 154,361 (±0.6% / ±2,804.7)
  • about three-quarters of 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

2.8% ±0.9% (472  ±150) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6.1% 40,241
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.4% ±1.4% (981  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6.6% 34,029 (±0.2% / ±989)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
981 Total veterans ±190 863 Male ±179 118 Female ±75

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