Newark Valley vs Owego

A side-by-side comparison of Newark Valley and Owego: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owego has the higher population (3,823 vs 1,149 in Newark Valley). Newark Valley has the higher median household income ($68,229 vs $57,240 in Owego). Owego has the higher median home value ($143,000 vs $118,600 in Newark Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Newark Valley	Owego
Population	1,149	3,823
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,229	$57,240
Median home value	$118,600	$143,000
Median gross rent	$895	$918
Housing units	458	1,872
Homeownership rate	82.0%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newark Valley	Owego
Population	987 → 1,149 (+16.4%)	3,829 → 3,823 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$58,393 → $68,229 (+16.8%)	$45,568 → $57,240 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $118,600 (+18.0%)	$95,100 → $143,000 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$642 → $895 (+39.4%)	$706 → $918 (+30.0%)

Newark Valley

Population

9871,149

Median household income

$58,393$68,229

Median home value

$100,500$118,600

Median gross rent

$642$895

Owego

Population

3,8293,823

Median household income

$45,568$57,240

Median home value

$95,100$143,000

Median gross rent

$706$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newark Valley	Owego
Under 5	6.1%	9.5%
5 to 17	24.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.4%
75 and over	7.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newark Valley	Owego
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newark Valley	Owego
No high school diploma	5.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.5%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newark Valley	Owego
Drove alone	76.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.0%
Public transit	2.0%	0.5%
Walked	5.1%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	10.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newark Valley	Owego
1-unit, detached	72.7%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	36.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newark Valley	Owego
Poverty rate	6.5%	26.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938