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Owasco town, Cayuga County, NY

3,511 Population
20.9 square miles 168.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.4 ±6.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Cayuga County: 43.8 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,727 ±$7,583 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cayuga County: $36,905 ±$1,015
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,245 ±$10,082 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Cayuga County: $67,904 ±$2,566
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.3% ±2.5% (151  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Cayuga County: 13.5% 9,690 (±1.2% / ±889)
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±4.3 (35,785  ±7,990) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Cayuga County: 22.8 716,465 (±1.1 / ±39,238)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,621 ±124 Number of households
  • Cayuga County: 31,524 ±438
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,495  ±15) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Cayuga County: 2.3 71,384 (±0 / ±131)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±3.1% (11  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Cayuga County: 6.4% † 955 (±1.3% / ±194)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,671 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Cayuga County: 36,829 ±115
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$282,100 ±$50,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Cayuga County: $171,000 ±$3,760
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±5.1% (326  ±179.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cayuga County: 10.2% † 7,578 (±1.1% / ±836.7)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.9% ±10.8% (2,671  ±328.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cayuga County: 89.4% 49,123 (±2.4% / ±1,329.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
49.6% ±8.3% (1,354  ±239.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Cayuga County: 24.6% 13,529 (±1.2% / ±671.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.5% ±4% (158  ±140) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Cayuga County: 2.6% 1,946
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±1.5% (91  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Cayuga County: 6.9% 4,189 (±0.6% / ±348)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
91 Total veterans ±44 75 Male ±44 16 Female ±25

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