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Owego town, Tioga County, NY

18,729 Population
104.2 square miles 179.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±1.6 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: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,452 ±$3,729 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tioga County: $41,785 ±$1,814
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,263 ±$7,582 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tioga County: $72,739 ±$3,285
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.6% ±3.3% (2,501  ±606) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Tioga County: 13.4% † 6,315 (±1.9% / ±891)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±1.1 (140,855  ±12,430) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Tioga County: 23 446,060 (±0.9 / ±22,472)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,736 ±260 Number of households
  • Tioga County: 20,347 ±312
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (18,340  ±43) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Tioga County: 2.3 47,210 (±0 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2.3% (166  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Tioga County: 4.1% † 385 (±1.3% / ±122)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,244 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Tioga County: 22,104 ±103
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$187,800 ±$8,103 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Tioga County: $160,800 ±$6,535
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±2.5% (1,793  ±457.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Tioga County: 7.9% † 3,736 (±1.4% / ±682.9)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±5.2% (12,281  ±722.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Tioga County: 91.4% 31,679 (±3.1% / ±1,068.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
36.8% ±3.4% (4,868  ±460.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tioga County: 25.3% 8,754 (±1.7% / ±576.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • a little higher than 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

3.3% ±0.9% (611  ±164) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Tioga County: 2.1% 1,011
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1.3% (1,047  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Tioga County: 8.3% † 3,167 (±1% / ±371)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,047 Total veterans ±186 976 Male ±176 71 Female ±55

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