Fulton vs Oswego

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

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

Oswego has the higher population (17,028 vs 11,339 in Fulton). Oswego has the higher median household income ($53,286 vs $52,123 in Fulton). Oswego has the higher median home value ($114,600 vs $100,900 in Fulton).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton	Oswego
Population	11,339	17,028
Median age	33.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,123	$53,286
Median home value	$100,900	$114,600
Median gross rent	$856	$1,031
Housing units	5,321	8,552
Homeownership rate	53.4%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton	Oswego
Population	11,300 → 11,339 (+0.3%)	17,470 → 17,028 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$45,639 → $52,123 (+14.2%)	$43,258 → $53,286 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$80,700 → $100,900 (+25.0%)	$87,500 → $114,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $856 (+19.6%)	$774 → $1,031 (+33.2%)

Fulton

Population

11,30011,339

Median household income

$45,639$52,123

Median home value

$80,700$100,900

Median gross rent

$716$856

Oswego

Population

17,47017,028

Median household income

$43,258$53,286

Median home value

$87,500$114,600

Median gross rent

$774$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton	Oswego
Under 5	7.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.2%
18 to 24	10.1%	13.8%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	9.6%
75 and over	5.7%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	88.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton	Oswego
No high school diploma	15.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton	Oswego
Drove alone	83.5%	73.0%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.6%	2.0%
Walked	2.4%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	8.0%
Other means	3.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton	Oswego
1-unit, detached	54.4%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	25.8%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fulton	Oswego
Poverty rate	24.1%	21.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1950	1938