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Indiana · Census place 57186

Oswego, IN population, income and housing data

Quick answer

The population of the city of Oswego, Indiana (Oswego, IN — Census place “Oswego CDP”) is 284 residents, ranking #633 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is —, the median home is worth $244,000 and median gross rent runs — a month.

Population
284Oswego CDP residents
Median household income
—Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$244,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
31.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
91.5%Owner-occupied households

What the numbers mean in Oswego CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

Poverty affects 0% of residents and 91.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Oswego CDP, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Oswego CDP is a very small community in Indiana, with 284 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #633 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 35% of them. The median age here is 31.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Oswego CDP earn a median of not published a year. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 0% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Oswego CDP is valued at $244,000, 19.6% below the national figure and 68% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 91.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 284 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Oswego CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld household income, gross rent for Oswego CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Oswego CDP?
Oswego CDP has 284 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #633 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Oswego CDP?
Median household income in Oswego CDP is not published a year.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Oswego CDP?
Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $244,000.
Is Oswego CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Oswego CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
How current is this Oswego CDP data?
All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.