Oswego vs Phoenix

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

Oswego and Phoenix 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 2,393 in Phoenix). Phoenix has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $53,286 in Oswego). Phoenix has the higher median home value ($143,900 vs $114,600 in Oswego).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Phoenix
Population	17,028	2,393
Median age	35.6 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,286	$60,000
Median home value	$114,600	$143,900
Median gross rent	$1,031	$981
Housing units	8,552	1,187
Homeownership rate	51.4%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Phoenix
Population	17,470 → 17,028 (-2.5%)	2,471 → 2,393 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$43,258 → $53,286 (+23.2%)	$44,135 → $60,000 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $114,600 (+31.0%)	$94,000 → $143,900 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,031 (+33.2%)	$747 → $981 (+31.3%)

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

Phoenix

Population

2,4712,393

Median household income

$44,135$60,000

Median home value

$94,000$143,900

Median gross rent

$747$981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Phoenix
Under 5	5.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	13.3%
75 and over	8.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Phoenix
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Phoenix
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Phoenix
Drove alone	73.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.7%
Walked	7.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oswego	Phoenix
1-unit, detached	62.3%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	11.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Phoenix
Poverty rate	21.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938