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Oswego, KS

1,683 Population
2.4 square miles 698.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 41.2 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,096 ±$2,790 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: $24,963 ±$1,323
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$42,237 ±$5,158 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: $47,922 ±$3,014
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

9.8% ±3.5% (156  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 16.3% † 3,192 (±2.7% / ±523)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

19.1 minutes ±2.4 (15,070  ±3,132) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 15.4 137,840 (±0.8 / ±8,682)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

754 ±95 Number of households
  • the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 8,270 ±243
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.1 ±0.1 (1,592  ±213) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 2.4 19,405 (±0.1 / ±222)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

2.5% ±2.1% (9  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 4.1% † 160 (±1.4% / ±56)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

868 ±108 Number of housing units
  • the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 10,039 ±96
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$62,500 ±$7,369 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: $76,500 ±$4,484
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

23.6% ±10.1% (393  ±175.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 13.4% † 2,646 (±2.6% / ±516.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

91.7% ±15.6% (1,089  ±131) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 89.6% 12,277 (±4.5% / ±616.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
16.4% ±4% (195  ±53) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 21.6% † 2,963 (±2.2% / ±296.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±1.6% (24  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 0.9% † 173 (±0.3% / ±68)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

8.3% ±3.1% (111  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Parsons, KS Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,134 (±1.2% / ±184)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
111 Total veterans ±43 96 Male ±32 15 Female ±17

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