Oswego County, New York (NY)

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• • 109,51293.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,0912.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,9531.7%Two or more races
  • 1,1261.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7970.7%Asian alone
  • 1350.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 620.05%Some other race alone
  • 70.01%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $148,738

Here:	$148,738
State:	$393,458

Townhouses or other attached units: $158,652

Here:	$158,652
State:	$728,436

In 2-unit structures: $154,118

Here:	$154,118
State:	$650,471

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $191,258

Here:	$191,258
State:	$808,879

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $257,411

Here:	$257,411
State:	$916,967

Mobile homes: $66,666

Here:	$66,666
State:	$82,547

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 11
• Burglaries: 96
• Thefts: 205
• Auto thefts: 16

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 4
• Burglaries: 100
• Thefts: 190
• Auto thefts: 21

Health of residents in Oswego County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $3,750 (3.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,432 (2.8%)

Area name: Syracuse, NY MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Oswego County is $486 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $586 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $750 a month.

Cities in this county include: Oswego, Fulton, Hastings, Schroeppel, Scriba, Granby, Volney, Richland, West Monroe, Palermo.

2018 air pollution in Oswego County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bay County, Michigan , Douglas County, South Dakota , Dawes County, Nebraska , Mellette County, South Dakota , Todd County, South Dakota , Roscommon County, Michigan , Sheridan County, Nebraska , Sioux County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 8,876
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 22.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,530 (63.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5612010 or later
• 4062000 to 2009
• 4991990 to 1999
• 3641980 to 1989
• 2991970 to 1979
• 858Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 59.0%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 38,048
• One, attached: 667
• Two: 2,498
• 3 or 4: 1,850
• 5 to 9: 2,031
• 10 to 19: 701
• 20 to 49: 437
• 50 or more: 1,252
• Mobile homes: 7,219
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 31

Housing units in Oswego County with a mortgage: 20,679 (248 second mortgage, 2,125 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15,034

Religion statistics for Oswego County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Oswego County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4480-NY: March 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4480, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: October 31, 2019 - November 1, 2019, FEMA Id: 4472, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• New York Flooding, Incident Period: May 2, 2017 - August 6, 2017, FEMA Id: 4348, Natural disaster type: Flood
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Snow, Incident Period: February 02, 2007 to February 12, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3273: February 23, 2007, FEMA Id: 3273, Natural disaster type: Snow
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Snow, Incident Period: January 28, 2004 to January 31, 2004, Emergency Declared EM-3195: March 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 3195, Natural disaster type: Snow
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• New York Ice Storm, Incident Period: April 03, 2003 to April 05, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1467: May 12, 2003, FEMA Id: 1467, Natural disaster type: Ice Storm
• New York Virus Threat, Incident Period: May 22, 2000 to November 01, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3155: October 11, 2000, FEMA Id: 3155, Natural disaster type: Other
• 6 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.18% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($41,434 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.13% relocated from other counties in New York ($29,582 average AGI)
1.05% relocated from other states ($11,852 average AGI)

Oswego County:	1.05%
New York average:	1.80%

from Onondaga County, NY	1.79% ($38,617 average AGI)
from Cayuga County, NY	0.24% ($36,850)
from Jefferson County, NY	0.18% ($41,549)
from Oneida County, NY	0.15% ($37,818)
from Madison County, NY	0.07% ($29,394)
from Wayne County, NY	0.07% ($33,697)
from Monroe County, NY	0.07% ($41,875)

5.30% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,153 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.42% relocated to other counties in New York ($27,471 average AGI)
1.88% relocated to other states ($17,681 average AGI)

Oswego County:	1.88%
New York average:	2.73%

to Onondaga County, NY	1.92% ($40,574 average AGI)
to Cayuga County, NY	0.22% ($56,680)
to Jefferson County, NY	0.20% ($54,370)
to Oneida County, NY	0.18% ($38,157)
to Monroe County, NY	0.11% ($43,680)
to Madison County, NY	0.10% ($51,356)
to Wayne County, NY	0.09% ($53,128)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.3
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Oswego County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 22,361 (6,982 living alone), Female householders: 24,279 (6,921 living alone)

• 19,352 spouses (19,209 opposite-sex spouses), 6,020 unmarried partners, (5,762 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 29,723 children (27,270 natural, 601 adopted, 1,852 stepchildren), 3,377 grandchildren, 591 brothers or sisters, 1,354 parents, 256 foster children, 2,008 other relatives, 3,274 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 4,529

Size of family households: 12,949 2-persons, 7,018 3-persons, 5,101 4-persons, 1,806 5-persons, 1,317 6-persons, 919 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,903 1-person, 2,408 2-persons, 798 3-persons, 265 4-persons, 156 5-persons.

11,297 married couples with children.
8,252 single-parent households (1,604 men, 6,648 women).

95.5% of residents of Oswego speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (99% speak English very well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $590,281,000 ($4,769 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $11,840,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $290,567,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $110,948,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $941,000
Federal grants: $157,209,000
Federal procurement contracts: $10,116,000 ($1,061,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $20,499,000 ($1,813,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,159,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $38,352,000
Federal Government insurance: $37,570,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-7 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 13.83 millions of gallons per day (35% from ground, 65% from surface)

• Year house built in Oswego County, New York
• 6902014 or later
• 5402010 to 2013
• 3,4152000 to 2009
• 6,7751990 to 1999
• 7,3371980 to 1989
• 7,0681970 to 1979
• 5,6551960 to 1969
• 4,5161950 to 1959
• 2,0731940 to 1949
• 16,6651939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Oswego County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oswego County, New York
• 01 room
• 912 rooms
• 5123 rooms
• 3,6324 rooms
• 6,0155 rooms
• 8,0506 rooms
• 6,1727 rooms
• 5,4098 rooms
• 5,8329+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego County, New York
• 4911 room
• 3712 rooms
• 2,4043 rooms
• 2,6594 rooms
• 2,2385 rooms
• 1,1016 rooms
• 1,0117 rooms
• 4298 rooms
• 2239+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Oswego County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Oswego County, New York
• 0no bedroom
• 4491 bedroom
• 6,0872 bedrooms
• 20,7713 bedrooms
• 6,7274 bedrooms
• 1,6795+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego County, New York
• 491no bedroom
• 2,7971 bedroom
• 4,0642 bedrooms
• 2,7933 bedrooms
• 6704 bedrooms
• 1125+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego County, New York in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,019no vehicle
• 11,1731 vehicle
• 14,1092 vehicles
• 6,8053 vehicles
• 2,2484 vehicles
• 3595+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,707no vehicle
• 4,8181 vehicle
• 2,1932 vehicles
• 8223 vehicles
• 2774 vehicles
• 1105+ vehicles

85.2% of Oswego County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in New York.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 102,945
• Other state: 11,422
• Northeast: 4,807
• Midwest: 1,564
• South: 3,685
• West: 1,366

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,155
• Number of aged recipients: 182
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,973
• Number of recipients under 18: 535
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,206
• Number of recipients older than 64: 414
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,203
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,519

Oswego County on our top lists:

• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #94 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the smallest number of people without health insurance coverage in 2000 (pop. 50,000+)"