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Oswego city, Labette County, KS

1,937 Population
2.4 square miles 820.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Labette County: 41 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,083 ±$3,873 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Labette County: $30,422 ±$1,614
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,750 ±$5,258 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Labette County: $56,325 ±$2,355
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.8% ±7.1% (384  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Labette County: 16.1% † 3,079 (±2.7% / ±518)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21 minutes ±3.5 (14,280  ±3,530) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Labette County: 16.7 134,905 (±1.5 / ±14,480)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

706 ±96 Number of households
  • Labette County: 8,078 ±227
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (1,707  ±222) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Labette County: 2.4 19,141 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±1.8% (6  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Labette County: 5.4% † 209 (±2.9% / ±112)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

809 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Labette County: 9,510 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$82,700 ±$8,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Labette County: $94,600 ±$7,153
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.8% ±9.8% (572  ±200.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Labette County: 10.7% † 2,109 (±2% / ±399.5)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±6.3% (1,147  ±145.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Labette County: 89.7% 12,137 (±4.6% / ±630)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.9% ±3.7% (160  ±49.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Labette County: 20.2% † 2,734 (±2.2% / ±300.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about one-third of 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

1.9% ±1.7% (37  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Labette County: 1% 203
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.9% ±1.9% (71  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Labette County: 6.7% † 1,010 (±1.3% / ±194)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±28 65 Male ±26 6 Female ±7

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