Oswego vs Pulaski

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

Oswego and Pulaski 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 2,202 in Pulaski). Pulaski has the higher median household income ($62,733 vs $53,286 in Oswego). Pulaski has the higher median home value ($151,200 vs $114,600 in Oswego).

Population, income & housing

	Oswego	Pulaski
Population	17,028	2,202
Median age	35.6 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,286	$62,733
Median home value	$114,600	$151,200
Median gross rent	$1,031	$839
Housing units	8,552	1,124
Homeownership rate	51.4%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oswego	Pulaski
Population	17,470 → 17,028 (-2.5%)	2,067 → 2,202 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$43,258 → $53,286 (+23.2%)	$39,773 → $62,733 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $114,600 (+31.0%)	$124,900 → $151,200 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,031 (+33.2%)	$699 → $839 (+20.0%)

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

Pulaski

Population

2,0672,202

Median household income

$39,773$62,733

Median home value

$124,900$151,200

Median gross rent

$699$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oswego	Pulaski
Under 5	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	11.9%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.6%	16.7%
75 and over	8.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oswego	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
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%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oswego	Pulaski
No high school diploma	8.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	33.5%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oswego	Pulaski
Drove alone	73.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.3%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.9%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oswego	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	62.3%	40.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	12.2%
20 or more units	7.2%	13.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Oswego	Pulaski
Poverty rate	21.1%	16.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1938	1962