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Oswego town, Oswego County, NY

8,280 Population
27.3 square miles 302.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • about half the figure in Oswego County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$27,029 ±$3,622 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Oswego County: $35,222 ±$983
  • about half the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$79,722 ±$12,952 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oswego County: $68,461 ±$2,888
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

18.4% ±8.6% (865  ±407) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oswego County: 16.5% 18,598 (±1.4% / ±1,581)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

18.3 minutes ±2.3 (47,730  ±8,594) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oswego County: 25.3 1,226,740 (±0.6 / ±42,689)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

1,874 ±191 Number of households
  • Oswego County: 47,132 ±570
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.5 ±0.3 (4,696  ±183) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Oswego County: 2.4 113,224 (±0 / ±185)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

0.4% ±0.7% (13  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Oswego County: 5.2% † 1,373 (±0.9% / ±246)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

2,162 ±226 Number of housing units
  • Oswego County: 54,697 ±154
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$173,000 ±$15,334 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oswego County: $139,600 ±$4,113
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

36.1% ±5% (2,980  ±416) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Oswego County: 13.4% 15,590 (±1.1% / ±1,277.2)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

88.5% ±5.2% (2,910  ±329.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oswego County: 90% 72,287 (±2% / ±1,623.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
34.1% ±5.7% (1,120  ±217.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oswego County: 21.9% 17,608 (±1.1% / ±902)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.6% ±2.9% (381  ±241) 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

3.2% ±1.1% (237  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oswego County: 8.3% 7,749 (±0.6% / ±515)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
237 Total veterans ±82 217 Male ±81 20 Female ±30

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