Claypool vs Oswego

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

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

Claypool has the higher population (326 vs 284 in Oswego). Oswego has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $97,500 in Claypool). Since 2019, Oswego's population has grown faster (-12.6% vs -39.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Claypool	Oswego
Population	326	284
Median age	41.6 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,821	—
Median home value	$97,500	$244,000
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	189	157
Homeownership rate	82.4%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	45.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claypool	Oswego
Population	534 → 326 (-39.0%)	325 → 284 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $49,821 (+28.6%)	—
Median home value	$74,300 → $97,500 (+31.2%)	$242,000 → $244,000 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $950 (+61.3%)	—

Claypool

Population

534326

Median household income

$38,750$49,821

Median home value

$74,300$97,500

Median gross rent

$589$950

Oswego

Population

325284

Median home value

$242,000$244,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claypool	Oswego
Under 5	5.8%	12.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	17.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	28.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	17.8%	6.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	0.0%
75 and over	7.7%	27.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claypool	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claypool	Oswego
No high school diploma	15.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	45.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claypool	Oswego
Drove alone	86.1%	71.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	28.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claypool	Oswego
1-unit, detached	83.1%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Claypool	Oswego
Poverty rate	12.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1938	1994