Oswego vs Yorkville

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

Oswego and Yorkville 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 22,350 in Yorkville). Oswego has the higher median household income ($119,881 vs $108,775 in Yorkville). Oswego has the higher median home value ($319,000 vs $314,200 in Yorkville).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Yorkville
Population	35,463	22,350
Median age	39.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,881	$108,775
Median home value	$319,000	$314,200
Median gross rent	$1,823	$1,619
Housing units	12,198	8,135
Homeownership rate	87.7%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	40.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Yorkville
Population	34,933 → 35,463 (+1.5%)	19,352 → 22,350 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$102,110 → $119,881 (+17.4%)	$97,610 → $108,775 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$254,900 → $319,000 (+25.1%)	$245,200 → $314,200 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,584 → $1,823 (+15.1%)	$1,181 → $1,619 (+37.1%)

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

Yorkville

Population

19,35222,350

Median household income

$97,610$108,775

Median home value

$245,200$314,200

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Yorkville
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.0%	20.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	17.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	18.4%
45 to 54	16.8%	8.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	6.2%
75 and over	4.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Yorkville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	11.8%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Yorkville
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	20.0%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Yorkville
Drove alone	73.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	4.6%
Public transit	0.6%	1.4%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	12.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oswego	Yorkville
1-unit, detached	70.8%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Yorkville
Poverty rate	2.3%	3.1%
Average household size	2.93	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	2001	2003