Oswego County, New York (NY)

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• • 111,34091.0%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,1162.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,9221.6%Two or more races
  • 1,1610.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7080.6%Asian alone
  • 2310.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $138,886

Here:	$138,886
State:	$368,248

Townhouses or other attached units: $350,536

Here:	$350,536
State:	$609,493

In 2-unit structures: $278,945

Here:	$278,945
State:	$607,011

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $1,273,727

Here:	$1,273,727
State:	$737,380

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $117,308

Here:	$117,308
State:	$879,902

Mobile homes: $63,436

Here:	$63,436
State:	$74,535

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $56,644

Here:	$56,644
State:	$300,517

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

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $3,158 (2.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $2,448 (2.7%)

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: 87.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,126 (56.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4792010 or later
• 3992000 to 2009
• 4411990 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: 36,084
• One, attached: 625
• Two: 3,187
• 3 or 4: 1,965
• 5 to 9: 1,914
• 10 to 19: 855
• 20 to 49: 317
• 50 or more: 1,093
• Mobile homes: 8,488

Housing units in Oswego County with a mortgage: 19,856 (88 second mortgage, 2,751 home equity loan, 134 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13,159

Religion statistics for Oswego County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Oswego County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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
• New York Severe Blizzard, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3107: March 17, 1993, FEMA Id: 3107, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• New York FLOODING, Incident Period: March 20, 1985, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-733: March 20, 1985, FEMA Id: 733, Natural disaster type: Flood
• New York Severe Storms, Heavy Rain, Landslides, Flooding, Incident Period: October 02, 1975, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-487: October 02, 1975, FEMA Id: 487, Natural disaster type: Storm, Landslide, Flood, Heavy Rain
• 3 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 2014: 11.1

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 2014: 8.5

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:

• In family households: 93,903 (13,999 male householders, 16,842 female householders)

  21,857 spouses, 31,853 children (29,607 natural, 553 adopted, 1,693 stepchildren), 1,840 grandchildren, 1,049 brothers or sisters, 1,254 parents, 891 other relatives, 4,318 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 19,647 (8,002 male householders (6,184 living alone)), 7,128 female householders (5,662 living alone)), 4,517 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 4,928

Size of family households: 14,074 2-persons, 6,738 3-persons, 5,065 4-persons, 3,173 5-persons, 1,290 6-persons, 501 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,846 1-person, 2,648 2-persons, 301 3-persons, 335 4-persons.

12,088 married couples with children.
9,212 single-parent households (2,226 men, 6,986 women).

95.4% of residents of Oswego speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% 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
• 3632014 or later
• 5902010 to 2013
• 5,1122000 to 2009
• 6,8771990 to 1999
• 10,6581980 to 1989
• 6,3151970 to 1979
• 4,4001960 to 1969
• 4,0501950 to 1959
• 1,5501940 to 1949
• 14,6131939 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
• 81 room
• 622 rooms
• 3993 rooms
• 2,7364 rooms
• 5,4585 rooms
• 8,7146 rooms
• 5,3137 rooms
• 4,7948 rooms
• 5,5319+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego County, New York
• 5221 room
• 5272 rooms
• 1,4853 rooms
• 4,1944 rooms
• 2,8395 rooms
• 1,1456 rooms
• 1,1267 rooms
• 5408 rooms
• 5789+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Oswego County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Oswego County, New York
• 8no bedroom
• 6111 bedroom
• 6,4982 bedrooms
• 18,2333 bedrooms
• 6,3734 bedrooms
• 1,2925+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego County, New York
• 535no bedroom
• 2,7471 bedroom
• 4,6532 bedrooms
• 3,9113 bedrooms
• 1,0114 bedrooms
• 995+ 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
• 499no vehicle
• 8,3331 vehicle
• 15,9792 vehicles
• 5,5813 vehicles
• 1,6964 vehicles
• 9275+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,386no vehicle
• 6,0981 vehicle
• 2,4312 vehicles
• 8623 vehicles
• 1434 vehicles
• 365+ vehicles

83.9% of Oswego County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 105,342
• Other state: 10,402
• Northeast: 4,860
• Midwest: 2,132
• South: 2,352
• West: 1,058

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+)"