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Oswego County, NY

Demographic and economic profile of Oswego County, NY, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Oswego County is a small upstate New York county of 118,305 residents with a GDP per capita of $58,692 that outpaces its per capita income of $35,222, suggesting production concentrated in capital- or government-intensive sectors. The labor force participation rate is 60.1% with an unemployment rate of 6.9%, and only 21.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, pointing to a workforce oriented toward trade and industrial occupations earning a median of $38,160. Housing costs are low—median home value of $139,600 and median gross rent of $943/month—though the county faces a 16.5% poverty rate and a -1.0% population decline over five years.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

118,305

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Household Income

$69,183

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

40.9 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-1.0% since 2018

Oswego County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone108,555 (92.0%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race2,965 (2.5%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races2,753 (2.3%)
  • Some Other Race Alone1,372 (1.2%)
  • Black or African American Alone1,190 (1.0%)
  • Asian Alone923 (0.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish1,743
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic677
  3. 3.Other Indo-European526
  4. 4.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)343
  5. 5.Other Asian and Pacific Island342

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

20.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

61.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

17.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

2.0%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

7,445

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$58,692

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$35,222

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

6.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

16.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance13,290
  2. 2.Retail Trade (Group)7,248
  3. 3.Manufacturing (Group)5,667
  4. 4.Construction (Group)4,500
  5. 5.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities4,381

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations18,572
  2. 2.Sales & Office Occupations10,970
  3. 3.Service Occupations8,789
  4. 4.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations8,545
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations6,593

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.37×)4,325
  2. 2.Retail Trade (LQ 1.30×)7,614
  3. 3.Construction (LQ 1.16×)4,322
  4. 4.Manufacturing (LQ 1.10×)5,896
  5. 5.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.07×)922

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$139,600

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$943/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

73.4%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,9994,689 (13.5%)
  • $150,000 to $174,9993,975 (11.5%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9993,800 (11.0%)
  • $125,000 to $149,9993,302 (9.5%)
  • $175,000 to $199,9992,547 (7.3%)
  • $300,000 to $399,9992,502 (7.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

21.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

90.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

60.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$38,160

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

25.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

8.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone41,006 (78.4%)
  • Worked At Home4,349 (8.3%)
  • Carpooled4,174 (8.0%)
  • Walked1,519 (2.9%)
  • Other745 (1.4%)
  • Public Transit302 (0.6%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.