Oswego vs Wooster

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

Oswego and Wooster 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 168 in Wooster). Oswego has the higher median home value ($244,000 vs $215,600 in Wooster). Since 2019, Wooster's population has grown faster (-4.0% vs -12.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Wooster
Population	284	168
Median age	31.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$145,282
Median home value	$244,000	$215,600
Housing units	157	55
Homeownership rate	91.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Wooster
Population	325 → 284 (-12.6%)	175 → 168 (-4.0%)
Median household income	—	$137,802 → $145,282 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$242,000 → $244,000 (+0.8%)	$215,500 → $215,600 (+0.0%)

Oswego

Population

325284

Median home value

$242,000$244,000

Wooster

Population

175168

Median household income

$137,802$145,282

Median home value

$215,500$215,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Wooster
Under 5	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	37.5%
18 to 24	17.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	28.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	37.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.4%
75 and over	27.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Wooster
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	96.4%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Wooster
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.0%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	45.0%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Wooster
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	Wooster
1-unit, detached	93.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Wooster
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.18	3.05
Median year structure built	1994	2001