Demographics of Oswego city, New York

Oswego city, New York had 17,024 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +114 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Oswego city, in four figures

17,024
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 17,033 ±25.; +0.7%
Change since July 2020: +114 people.; 35.7 ±1.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $53,172 ±$4,465
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Oswego city, New York's population grew 0.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Oswego city, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Oswego city, New York's population grew 0.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Oswego city, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	16,910	100.0	100.0
2021	17,103	101.1	100.2
2022	17,030	100.7	100.7
2023	16,965	100.3	101.6
2024	16,971	100.4	102.5
2025	17,024	100.7	103.1

Population of Oswego city, New York on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	16,910	—
2021	17,103	+193
2022	17,030	−73
2023	16,965	−65
2024	16,971	+6
2025	17,024	+53

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 35.7 ±1.6: for men 34.4 ±2.7 and for women 37.2 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Oswego city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New York	United States
Under 5	794 ±176	4.7% ±1.0	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,931 ±413	17.2% ±2.4	15.0% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,291 ±395	13.5% ±2.3	8.9% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	4,329 ±430	25.4% ±2.5	27.1% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,569 ±391	21.0% ±2.3	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	3,119 ±351	18.3% ±2.1	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $53,172 ±$4,465, and income per person $32,279 ±$2,188, in 2024 dollars. The median is $85,974 ±$402 in New York and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Oswego city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New York	United States
Under $25,000	1,569 ±302	21.7% ±4.1	16.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,925 ±318	26.6% ±4.3	15.1% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,031 ±236	14.2% ±3.2	13.6% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	903 ±247	12.5% ±3.4	11.4% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,051 ±196	14.5% ±2.6	16.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	468 ±118	6.5% ±1.6	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	295 ±107	4.1% ±1.5	17.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Oswego city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New York	United States
All ages	3,347 ±696	20.6% ±4.3	14.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	848 ±292	23.6% ±7.5	18.3% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,108 ±418	23.7% ±4.4	12.8% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	391 ±130	10.5% ±3.3	13.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Oswego city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Oswego city	New York	United States
Housing units	8,493 ±297	8,585,241 ±652	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.3% ±1.8	90.0% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.7% ±2.9	10.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	50.2% ±3.2	54.3% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	49.8% ±4.5	45.7% ±0.1	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$120,600 ±$6,571	$423,800 ±$1,627	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,109 ±$72	$1,621 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	1959 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Oswego city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New York	United States
Hispanic or Latino	962 ±288	5.6% ±1.7	19.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	15,009 ±438	88.1% ±2.6	52.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	60 to 180	0.4% to 1.1%	13.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	194 ±80	1.1% ±0.5	9.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 22	0% to 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	3 to 287	< 0.1% to 1.7%	1.0% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	594 ±239	3.5% ±1.4	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Oswego city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New York	United States
Born in the state	14,043 ±550	82.4% ±3.2	62.4% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,437 ±528	14.3% ±3.1	12.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	44 to 214	0.3% to 1.3%	2.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	424 ±158	2.5% ±0.9	22.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	276 ±124	1.6% ±0.7	13.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	72 to 224	0.4% to 1.3%	9.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Oswego city among the places of New York

112th of 354 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the New York page.

Places of New York near Oswego city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
North Massapequa CDP	17,877 ±1,170
North Valley Stream CDP	17,825 ±1,631
Cortland city	17,450 ±22
Islip CDP	17,362 ±1,043
Bethpage CDP	17,123 ±1,378
Oswego city	17,033 ±25
Massapequa Park village	16,963 ±30
Mastic Beach CDP	16,735 ±2,062
Kings Park CDP	16,516 ±892
Rye city	16,428 ±47
Floral Park village	16,169 ±440

Rankings this appears in

No. 15 Places in New York by poverty rate
No. 175 Places in New York by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 199 Places in New York by median age
No. 221 Places in New York by median rent
No. 257 Places in New York by homeownership rate
No. 259 Places in New York by per capita income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026