Chetopa vs Oswego

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

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

Oswego has the higher population (1,770 vs 995 in Chetopa). Oswego has the higher median household income ($51,701 vs $22,614 in Chetopa). Oswego has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $63,300 in Chetopa).

Population, income & housing

	Chetopa	Oswego
Population	995	1,770
Median age	51.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,614	$51,701
Median home value	$63,300	$80,700
Median gross rent	$530	$690
Housing units	477	809
Homeownership rate	62.3%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chetopa	Oswego
Population	1,238 → 995 (-19.6%)	1,676 → 1,770 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$30,921 → $22,614 (-26.9%)	$43,232 → $51,701 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $63,300 (+23.6%)	$58,500 → $80,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $530 (+3.3%)	$536 → $690 (+28.7%)

Chetopa

Population

1,238995

Median household income

$30,921$22,614

Median home value

$51,200$63,300

Median gross rent

$513$530

Oswego

Population

1,6761,770

Median household income

$43,232$51,701

Median home value

$58,500$80,700

Median gross rent

$536$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chetopa	Oswego
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	7.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	21.5%	11.4%
75 and over	8.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chetopa	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	85.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chetopa	Oswego
No high school diploma	14.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chetopa	Oswego
Drove alone	81.8%	86.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chetopa	Oswego
1-unit, detached	75.7%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Chetopa	Oswego
Poverty rate	38.4%	20.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1958	1958