Oswego vs Sidney

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

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

Oswego has the higher population (284 vs 104 in Sidney). Oswego has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $97,500 in Sidney). Since 2019, Sidney's population has grown faster (+103.9% vs -12.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Sidney
Population	284	104
Median age	31.7 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,827
Median home value	$244,000	$97,500
Housing units	157	69
Homeownership rate	91.5%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	6.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Sidney
Population	325 → 284 (-12.6%)	51 → 104 (+103.9%)
Median household income	—	$30,625 → $46,827 (+52.9%)
Median home value	$242,000 → $244,000 (+0.8%)	$65,800 → $97,500 (+48.2%)

Oswego

Population

325284

Median home value

$242,000$244,000

Sidney

Population

51104

Median household income

$30,625$46,827

Median home value

$65,800$97,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Sidney
Under 5	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.5%
18 to 24	17.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	28.5%	12.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	6.7%	17.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.3%
75 and over	27.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	91.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Sidney
No high school diploma	0.0%	31.3%
High school graduate	22.0%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	45.0%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Sidney
Drove alone	71.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oswego	Sidney
1-unit, detached	93.0%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Sidney
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1994	1938