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Otsego town, Otsego County, NY

3,627 Population
53.9 square miles 67.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Otsego County: 39.9 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$53,727 ±$8,700 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Otsego County: $36,840 ±$1,205
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,891 ±$15,701 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Otsego County: $68,885 ±$3,568
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±3.6% (236  ±122) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Otsego County: 12.5% † 6,904 (±1.4% / ±786)
  • about half the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±7.4 (36,165  ±12,300) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Otsego County: 22.9 533,745 (±1 / ±31,158)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,552 ±137 Number of households
  • Otsego County: 23,189 ±482
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,388  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Otsego County: 2.3 54,330 (±0.1 / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±2.6% (25  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Otsego County: 6% † 897 (±1.6% / ±244)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,227 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Otsego County: 30,057 ±64
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$352,600 ±$42,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Otsego County: $179,100 ±$5,897
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.6% ±4.1% (455  ±146.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Otsego County: 11.3% † 6,722 (±1.2% / ±708.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.8% ±8.7% (2,673  ±280) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Otsego County: 92.9% 36,476 (±2.9% / ±1,141.3)
  • 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)
53.8% ±7% (1,486  ±209) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Otsego County: 34.4% 13,504 (±1.8% / ±693)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.5 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

9.3% ±3.2% (336  ±116) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Otsego County: 4.1% 2,452
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2.4% (214  ±77) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Otsego County: 6.1% 3,125 (±0.5% / ±259)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
214 Total veterans ±77 207 Male ±77 7 Female ±10

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