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Oswego town, Oswego County, NY

8,369 Population
27.3 square miles 306.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about half the figure in Oswego County: 40.9 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,808 ±$4,253 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oswego County: $35,765 ±$933
  • about half the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,083 ±$14,171 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Oswego County: $69,183 ±$2,355
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.7% ±10% (890  ±480) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Oswego County: 16.3% 18,359 (±1.4% / ±1,598)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.8 minutes ±2.5 (48,840  ±9,284) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Oswego County: 25.1 1,203,860 (±0.5 / ±38,458)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,871 ±174 Number of households
  • Oswego County: 47,239 ±606
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (4,761  ±202) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Oswego County: 2.4 113,133 (±0 / ±205)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,179 ±197 Number of housing units
  • Oswego County: 54,844 ±160
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$175,100 ±$17,098 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Oswego County: $151,700 ±$3,647
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

33.5% ±6.8% (2,805  ±566) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Oswego County: 13% 15,183 (±1.1% / ±1,323.3)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±4% (2,874  ±328.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Oswego County: 89.9% 72,433 (±2% / ±1,587.7)
  • 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)
35.9% ±5.5% (1,171  ±217) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Oswego County: 21.6% 17,442 (±1% / ±803.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about the same as 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

6.5% ±2.9% (547  ±245) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Oswego County: 2% 2,313
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±1% (219  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Oswego County: 8% 7,445 (±0.5% / ±506)
  • 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)
219 Total veterans ±76 219 Male ±76 N/A Female ±19

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