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Oswego, IL (Illinois) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $324,799 (it was $170,800 in 2000)
Oswego:

$324,799
Illinois:

$251,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $252,417 - $399,853

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $325,937
Here:

$325,937
State:

$310,164

Townhouses or other attached units: $210,339
Here:

$210,339
State:

$286,230

In 2-unit structures: $238,038
Here:

$238,038
State:

$299,638

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $157,349
Here:

$157,349
State:

$330,907

Total population: 33,099 (Urban population: 13,153, Rural population: 147 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 12,570 (12,566 occupied: 11,099 owner occupied, 1,460 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

12%
State:

33%

Housing density: 1,910 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $178,815.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,445 (lower quartile is $858, upper quartile is over $2,000)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $43,010


Median gross rent in Oswego, IL in 2022: $1,575

Housing units in Oswego with a mortgage: 8,290 (720 second mortgage, 29 home equity loan, 448 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 134

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $121,425

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $86,867

Median monthly housing costs: $1,852

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Oswego, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 2001

Median year apartment built: 2005

Household type by relationship:

Households: 35,978
  • Male householders: 6,383 (671 living alone), Female householders: 6,229 (1,328 living alone)
  • 7,653 spouses (7,603 opposite-sex spouses), 504 unmarried partners, (504 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 12,708 children (12,271 natural, 144 adopted, 292 stepchildren), 402 grandchildren, 464 brothers or sisters, 896 parents, 21 foster children, 395 other relatives, 234 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 84

Size of family households: 3,726 2-persons, 2,634 3-persons, 1,705 4-persons, 1,119 5-persons, 368 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,297 1-person, 614 2-persons.

6,749 married couples with children.
2,411 single-parent households (262 men, 2,149 women).

76.9% of residents of Oswego speak English at home.
14.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 54% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 4,712 (13.1%)
(54.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

7.5
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.1
State:

4.1

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Oswego, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Oswego, Illinois
  • 0no bedroom
  • 571 bedroom
  • 2,1552 bedrooms
  • 3,4193 bedrooms
  • 4,6844 bedrooms
  • 7845+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego, Illinois
  • 0no bedroom
  • 3841 bedroom
  • 6272 bedrooms
  • 3823 bedrooms
  • 684 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 171no vehicle
  • 2,5281 vehicle
  • 4,7712 vehicles
  • 2,9303 vehicles
  • 5824 vehicles
  • 1185+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Oswego in renter-occupied apartments
  • 134no vehicle
  • 8391 vehicle
  • 4372 vehicles
  • 503 vehicles
  • 04 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oswego, Illinois
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Oswego, Illinois
  • 01 room
  • 172 rooms
  • 2613 rooms
  • 7184 rooms
  • 1,0465 rooms
  • 2,0366 rooms
  • 1,6097 rooms
  • 2,0538 rooms
  • 3,3599+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego, Illinois
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Oswego, Illinois
  • 01 room
  • 1062 rooms
  • 1823 rooms
  • 5474 rooms
  • 4625 rooms
  • 896 rooms
  • 337 rooms
  • 08 rooms
  • 429+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Oswego, IL
  • Oswego, IL household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Oswego, IL in 2022
  • 310Less than $10,000
  • 118$10,000 to $19,999
  • 509$20,000 to $29,999
  • 615$30,000 to $39,999
  • 682$40,000 to $49,999
  • 870$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,097$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,482$75,000 to $99,999
  • 1,841$100,000 to $124,999
  • 1,632$125,000 to $149,999
  • 1,659$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,643$200,000 or more
  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Oswego, IL

  • Distribution of house value in Oswego, IL in 2022
  • 78Less than $10,000
  • 15$20,000 to $24,999
  • 39$30,000 to $34,999
  • 15$35,000 to $39,999
  • 51$40,000 to $49,999
  • 14$50,000 to $59,999
  • 34$90,000 to $99,999
  • 39$100,000 to $124,999
  • 252$125,000 to $149,999
  • 524$150,000 to $174,999
  • 760$175,000 to $199,999
  • 1,285$200,000 to $249,999
  • 2,252$250,000 to $299,999
  • 4,474$300,000 to $399,999
  • 1,176$400,000 to $499,999
  • 363$500,000 to $749,999
  • 21$750,000 to $999,999
  • 7$2,000,000 or more
  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Oswego, IL

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Oswego, IL in 2022
  • 69$300 to $349
  • 14$400 to $449
  • 21$450 to $499
  • 35$550 to $599
  • 11$650 to $699
  • 13$700 to $749
  • 23$750 to $799
  • 77$800 to $899
  • 77$900 to $999
  • 96$1,000 to $1,249
  • 83$1,250 to $1,499
  • 491$1,500 to $1,999
  • 348$2,000 to $2,499
  • 6$2,500 to $2,999
  • 29No cash rent
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 42.5%
Number of people working at home: 3,212 (18.2% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 530
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,017
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 902
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 2,283
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,377
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 1,970
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 2,441
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 425
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 415
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 2,359
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 845
  • 90 or more minutes: 611
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Oswego

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 8,312 (68.2%)
  • Carpooled: 927 (7.6%)
  • Bus: 11 (0.1%)
  • Taxi: 120 (1.0%)
  • Bicycle: 8 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 63 (0.5%)
  • Worked at home: 3,212 (26.4%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 0.8%Males
  • 3.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 1.7%Males
  • 3.8%Females
  • Unemployment rate for other race residents
  • 22.7%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 5.6%Males
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 7.0%Males
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Oswego, Illinois
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Oswego, Illinois
  • 8012010 or later
  • 1,1822000 to 2009
  • 8881990 to 1999
  • 1671980 to 1989
  • 661970 to 1979
  • 179Before 1970
Ancestries in Oswego, IL

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 1,968 (12.3%)
  • Polish: 1,582 (9.9%)
  • Irish: 923 (5.7%)
  • Italian: 812 (5.1%)
  • English: 722 (4.5%)
  • European: 659 (4.1%)
  • American: 626 (3.9%)
  • Albanian: 191 (1.2%)
  • Arab: 136 (0.8%)
  • Swedish: 123 (0.8%)
  • African: 101 (0.6%)
  • Croatian: 98 (0.6%)
  • Greek: 96 (0.6%)
  • Czech: 91 (0.6%)
  • Welsh: 81 (0.5%)
  • Dutch: 77 (0.5%)
  • Danish: 69 (0.4%)
  • Norwegian: 59 (0.4%)
  • Romanian: 53 (0.3%)
  • Lithuanian: 48 (0.3%)
  • Scottish: 35 (0.2%)
  • Ukrainian: 33 (0.2%)
  • Latvian: 31 (0.2%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 25 (0.2%)
  • Hungarian: 22 (0.1%)
  • Northern European: 22 (0.1%)
  • Luxembourger: 18 (0.1%)
  • Slovak: 18 (0.1%)
  • British: 15 (0.09%)
  • Canadian: 13 (0.08%)
  • Finnish: 9 (0.06%)
  • Russian: 9 (0.06%)
  • Austrian: 8 (0.05%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico
Oswego:

47.4% (2,283)
Illinois:

34.7% (626,958)

Albania
Oswego:

9.2% (441)
Illinois:

0.4% (6,488)

Poland
Oswego:

8.3% (401)
Illinois:

6.9% (124,474)

Philippines
Oswego:

5.7% (273)
Illinois:

5.2% (93,003)

Italy
Oswego:

4.4% (213)
Illinois:

0.9% (15,679)

Pakistan
Oswego:

4.1% (199)
Illinois:

1.6% (29,519)

Ecuador
Oswego:

3.4% (163)
Illinois:

0.9% (16,844)

Iraq
Oswego:

2.8% (133)
Illinois:

0.7% (13,214)

India
Oswego:

2.5% (122)
Illinois:

9.2% (166,409)

Ukraine
Oswego:

2.2% (105)
Illinois:

1.6% (29,316)

Korea
Oswego:

2.1% (103)
Illinois:

2.2% (40,393)

Russia
Oswego:

1.6% (77)
Illinois:

0.9% (16,308)

Venezuela
Oswego:

1.6% (76)
Illinois:

0.5% (9,688)

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

  • This state: 24,136
  • Other state: 7,244
  • Northeast: 768
  • Midwest: 3,293
  • South: 1,350
  • West: 1,691

89.1% of Oswego residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 13.0% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 91.4% lived in Illinois.


Oswego:

89.1%
State average:

88.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 200
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 96
  • 5th and 6th grade: 321
  • 7th and 8th grade: 40
  • 9th grade: 29
  • 10th grade: 15
  • 11th grade: 96
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 7
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,097
  • Less than 1 year of college: 575
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,234
  • Associate degree: 778
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,920
  • Master's degree: 1,321
  • Professional school degree: 171
  • Doctorate degree: 147
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 85
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 176
  • 5th and 6th grade: 358
  • 7th and 8th grade: 30
  • 9th grade: 77
  • 10th grade: 5
  • 11th grade: 14
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 312
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,369
  • Less than 1 year of college: 879
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,359
  • Associate degree: 1,316
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,793
  • Master's degree: 2,174
  • Professional school degree: 62
  • Doctorate degree: 369
Educational Attainment for Females
Oswego marital status for males
Oswego marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 8,846
  • One, attached: 2,645
  • Two: 29
  • 3 or 4: 297
  • 5 to 9: 124
  • 10 to 19: 511
  • 20 to 49: 24
  • 50 or more: 89
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.0%
Year householders moved into residence in Oswego
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Oswego, IL
  • 95.6%Utility gas
  • 3.3%Electricity
  • 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Oswego, IL
  • 72.6%Utility gas
  • 19.4%Electricity
  • 4.8%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 3.0%Other fuel
  • 0.2%No fuel used

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 485
Here:

13.1%
Illinois:

13.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 68
Here:

2.8%
Illinois:

9.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 441
Here:

32.8%
Illinois:

27.4%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability