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Orwell town, Oswego County, NY

914 Population
39.6 square miles 23.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Oswego County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$34,729 ±$4,078 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oswego County: $35,222 ±$983
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$70,000 ±$10,149 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Oswego County: $68,461 ±$2,888
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

19.3% ±5.2% (175  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Oswego County: 16.5% 18,598 (±1.4% / ±1,581)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

30.9 minutes ±10.3 (9,540  ±2,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Oswego County: 25.3 1,226,740 (±0.6 / ±42,689)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

370 ±60 Number of households
  • Oswego County: 47,132 ±570
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0 (875  ±142) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Oswego County: 2.4 113,224 (±0 / ±185)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.1% ±6.3% (12  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Oswego County: 5.2% † 1,373 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

794 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Oswego County: 54,697 ±154
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$113,100 ±$10,382 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oswego County: $139,600 ±$4,113
  • about one-quarter of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

7.4% ±5.1% (68  ±47.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oswego County: 13.4% 15,590 (±1.1% / ±1,277.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

84% ±1.7% (566  ±84.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oswego County: 90% 72,287 (±2% / ±1,623.6)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
13.2% ±4.9% (89  ±35.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Oswego County: 21.9% 17,608 (±1.1% / ±902)
  • about one-third 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

4.4% ±3.3% (40  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Oswego County: 2% 2,371
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

10.1% ±3.8% (70  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Oswego County: 8.3% 7,749 (±0.6% / ±515)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
70 Total veterans ±28 57 Male ±24 13 Female ±14

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