Boulder Hill vs Oswego

A side-by-side comparison of Boulder Hill and Oswego: population, income, housing, and more.

Boulder Hill and Oswego are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oswego has the higher population (35,463 vs 9,127 in Boulder Hill). Oswego has the higher median household income ($119,881 vs $76,935 in Boulder Hill). Oswego has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $233,100 in Boulder Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
Population	9,127	35,463
Median age	36.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,935	$119,881
Median home value	$233,100	$319,000
Median gross rent	$1,759	$1,823
Housing units	3,171	12,198
Homeownership rate	83.0%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
Population	10,262 → 9,127 (-11.1%)	34,933 → 35,463 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$67,124 → $76,935 (+14.6%)	$102,110 → $119,881 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$161,400 → $233,100 (+44.4%)	$254,900 → $319,000 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,588 → $1,759 (+10.8%)	$1,584 → $1,823 (+15.1%)

Boulder Hill

Population

10,2629,127

Median household income

$67,124$76,935

Median home value

$161,400$233,100

Median gross rent

$1,588$1,759

Oswego

Population

34,93335,463

Median household income

$102,110$119,881

Median home value

$254,900$319,000

Median gross rent

$1,584$1,823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	22.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	8.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.8%
75 and over	6.2%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	63.0%
Black or African American	1.5%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
No high school diploma	13.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	30.9%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
Drove alone	76.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	16.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
1-unit, detached	90.9%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boulder Hill	Oswego
Poverty rate	7.0%	2.3%
Average household size	3.04	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1970	2001