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Owego town, Tioga County, NY

18,779 Population
104.2 square miles 180.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±2.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Tioga County: 44.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$47,535 ±$3,486 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tioga County: $41,155 ±$1,917
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$83,081 ±$4,771 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tioga County: $71,791 ±$3,036
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

12.3% ±3.3% (2,264  ±611) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Tioga County: 12.2% † 5,810 (±1.5% / ±727)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.1 minutes ±1.2 (152,605  ±13,422) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tioga County: 24 476,625 (±0.9 / ±24,263)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

7,814 ±215 Number of households
  • Tioga County: 20,214 ±295
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.4 ±0.1 (18,454  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tioga County: 2.4 47,528 (±0 / ±14)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.7% ±2.3% (165  ±83) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Tioga County: 4.6% † 441 (±1.5% / ±139)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

8,178 ±223 Number of housing units
  • Tioga County: 21,966 ±40
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$179,500 ±$8,673 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tioga County: $153,200 ±$7,627
  • about half the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

9.3% ±2.6% (1,734  ±488.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tioga County: 7.7% † 3,690 (±1.4% / ±658.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

94% ±5% (12,475  ±745) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tioga County: 92% 31,819 (±3.1% / ±1,090)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
36% ±3.3% (4,777  ±461) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tioga County: 25.6% 8,855 (±1.7% / ±585.7)
  • 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

3.1% ±1% (576  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Tioga County: 2.3% 1,089
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

7.1% ±1.4% (1,032  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tioga County: 8.1% † 3,101 (±0.9% / ±348)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
1,032 Total veterans ±199 935 Male ±191 97 Female ±58

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