Oswego vs Plano

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

Oswego and Plano 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 11,626 in Plano). Oswego has the higher median household income ($119,881 vs $83,102 in Plano). Oswego has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $221,100 in Plano).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Plano
Population	35,463	11,626
Median age	39.7 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,881	$83,102
Median home value	$319,000	$221,100
Median gross rent	$1,823	$1,590
Housing units	12,198	4,140
Homeownership rate	87.7%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Plano
Population	34,933 → 35,463 (+1.5%)	11,752 → 11,626 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$102,110 → $119,881 (+17.4%)	$73,233 → $83,102 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$254,900 → $319,000 (+25.1%)	$165,500 → $221,100 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,584 → $1,823 (+15.1%)	$952 → $1,590 (+67.0%)

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

Plano

Population

11,75211,626

Median household income

$73,233$83,102

Median home value

$165,500$221,100

Median gross rent

$952$1,590

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Plano
Under 5	4.6%	9.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	20.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	16.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.6%
75 and over	4.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Plano
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	55.7%
Black or African American	11.8%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	37.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Plano
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	20.0%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Plano
Drove alone	73.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	10.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	4.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oswego	Plano
1-unit, detached	70.8%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	25.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Plano
Poverty rate	2.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.93	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	2001	2001