Otego vs Worcester

A side-by-side comparison of Otego and Worcester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Worcester has the higher population (1,017 vs 965 in Otego). Otego has the higher median household income ($76,908 vs $76,731 in Worcester). Otego has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $140,900 in Worcester).

Population, income & housing

	Otego	Worcester
Population	965	1,017
Median age	44.9 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,908	$76,731
Median home value	$173,800	$140,900
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	461	368
Homeownership rate	64.1%	98.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otego	Worcester
Population	921 → 965 (+4.8%)	889 → 1,017 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$51,538 → $76,908 (+49.2%)	$46,159 → $76,731 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$140,700 → $173,800 (+23.5%)	$107,100 → $140,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $929 (+38.7%)	$892 → $837 (-6.2%)

Otego

Population

921965

Median household income

$51,538$76,908

Median home value

$140,700$173,800

Median gross rent

$670$929

Worcester

Population

8891,017

Median household income

$46,159$76,731

Median home value

$107,100$140,900

Median gross rent

$892$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otego	Worcester
Under 5	3.7%	9.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	15.6%
18 to 24	13.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.0%
75 and over	13.4%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otego	Worcester
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	77.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otego	Worcester
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otego	Worcester
Drove alone	83.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	6.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otego	Worcester
1-unit, detached	65.1%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Otego	Worcester
Poverty rate	3.9%	33.6%
Average household size	2.25	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1956	1938