What is the population of Owego village?

Owego village has 3,823 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #422 of 1,292 in New York.

What is the median household income in Owego village?

Median household income in Owego village is $57,240 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Owego village?

Median gross rent is $918 a month and the median home value is $143,000, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.

Is Owego village affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Owego village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Owego, NY population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Owego, New York (Owego, NY — Census place “Owego village”) is 3,823 residents, ranking #422 of 1292 places in New York. Median household income is $57,240, the median home is worth $143,000 and median gross rent runs $918 a month. Looking for the Owego New York ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Owego, NY: 13827.

Population: 3,823Owego village residents
Median household income: $57,240Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $143,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $918Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 45.9%Owner-occupied households

Owego ZIP codes (New York)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Owego.

The Owego NY ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

13827

What the numbers mean in Owego village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Owego village median would spend about 19.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 26.4% of residents and 45.9% of households own their home.

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

Owego village, NY in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Owego village is a small town in New York, with 3,823 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #422 of 1,292 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 38.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. 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 Owego village earn a median of $57,240 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 38% below the $91,806 median for the 847 New York cities we cover. 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 26.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Owego village is valued at $143,000, 52.9% below the national figure and 55% below the $315,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $918 a month, 34.7% below the national figure, or roughly $11,016 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 45.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Owego village?: Owego village has 3,823 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #422 of 1,292 in New York.
What is the median household income in Owego village?: Median household income in Owego village is $57,240 a year, 27.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Owego village?: Median gross rent is $918 a month and the median home value is $143,000, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.
Is Owego village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Owego village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Owego village 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.