Owego vs Tioga Terrace

A side-by-side comparison of Owego and Tioga Terrace: population, income, housing, and more.

Owego and Tioga Terrace 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 2,206 in Tioga Terrace). Tioga Terrace has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $57,240 in Owego). Tioga Terrace has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $143,000 in Owego).

Population, income & housing

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
Population	3,823	2,206
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,240	$126,250
Median home value	$143,000	$209,700
Median gross rent	$918	—
Housing units	1,872	856
Homeownership rate	45.9%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
Population	3,829 → 3,823 (-0.2%)	2,367 → 2,206 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$45,568 → $57,240 (+25.6%)	$108,202 → $126,250 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$95,100 → $143,000 (+50.4%)	$164,500 → $209,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $918 (+30.0%)	—

Owego

Population

3,8293,823

Median household income

$45,568$57,240

Median home value

$95,100$143,000

Median gross rent

$706$918

Tioga Terrace

Population

2,3672,206

Median household income

$108,202$126,250

Median home value

$164,500$209,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
Under 5	9.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	3.6%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.1%
75 and over	9.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	90.1%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
No high school diploma	8.3%	2.5%
High school graduate	25.8%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	24.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
Drove alone	73.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	10.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	12.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
1-unit, detached	46.8%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	36.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Owego	Tioga Terrace
Poverty rate	26.4%	0.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1938	1969