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Owego, NY

3,912 Population
2.5 square miles 1,535.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,182 ±$9,083 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: $37,016 ±$907
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,139 ±$17,435 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: $64,590 ±$2,056
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

29.1% ±10.7% (1,078  ±398) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 17.5% 40,746 (±1% / ±2,421)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±2.6 (27,655  ±5,845) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 20.3 1,935,110 (±0.4 / ±52,715)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,606 ±140 Number of households
  • the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 102,352 ±867
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (3,826  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 2.3 232,901 (±0 / ±185)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±3.6% (29  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 4.9% † 2,651 (±0.7% / ±368)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,872 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 115,268 ±210
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,300 ±$21,480 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: $156,000 ±$2,636
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.1% ±7.7% (590  ±299.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 11.9% 28,996 (±0.7% / ±1,801.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±10% (2,251  ±295.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 91.4% 151,137 (±1.6% / ±2,594.5)
  • about the same as 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)
38.2% ±7.6% (960  ±203) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 29.8% 49,313 (±0.9% / ±1,451.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 10 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

3.1% ±2.5% (120  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 6% 14,598
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±2.3% (145  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Binghamton, NY Metro Area: 6.4% 12,690 (±0.3% / ±666)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
145 Total veterans ±66 138 Male ±68 7 Female ±10

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