Oswego vs Parsons

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

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

Parsons has the higher population (9,482 vs 1,770 in Oswego). Oswego has the higher median household income ($51,701 vs $50,838 in Parsons). Oswego has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $70,300 in Parsons).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Parsons
Population	1,770	9,482
Median age	38.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,701	$50,838
Median home value	$80,700	$70,300
Median gross rent	$690	$743
Housing units	809	4,772
Homeownership rate	65.6%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Parsons
Population	1,676 → 1,770 (+5.6%)	9,736 → 9,482 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$43,232 → $51,701 (+19.6%)	$39,949 → $50,838 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$58,500 → $80,700 (+37.9%)	$65,000 → $70,300 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $690 (+28.7%)	$653 → $743 (+13.8%)

Oswego

Population

1,6761,770

Median household income

$43,232$51,701

Median home value

$58,500$80,700

Median gross rent

$536$690

Parsons

Population

9,7369,482

Median household income

$39,949$50,838

Median home value

$65,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$653$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Parsons
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.6%
75 and over	10.7%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Parsons
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	79.9%
Black or African American	2.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.4%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Parsons
No high school diploma	7.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	35.7%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	43.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Parsons
Drove alone	86.2%	74.0%
Carpooled	4.2%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oswego	Parsons
1-unit, detached	87.5%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	5.7%
20 or more units	1.1%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Parsons
Poverty rate	20.2%	20.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1958	1952