The median owner-occupied home in Oswego County had a real-estate tax bill of $3,595 (± $107) a year, compared with $6,450 in New York and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $139,600 (± $4,113), compared with $403,000 in New York and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Oswego County | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 117,945 | 19,872,319 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $3,595 ± $107 | $6,450 ± $17 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $139,600 ± $4,113 | $403,000 ± $1,347 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $68,461 ± $2,888 | $84,578 ± $372 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 2.58% ± 0.11 points | 1.60% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 73.9% ± 1.1 points | 54.3% ± 0.2 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 30.7% ± 1.1 points | 33.9% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 20.7% ± 1.5 points | 27.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Oswego County (11)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Oswego County (5)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Altmar
- Brewerton (partly in this county)
- Constantia
- Minetto
- Sand Ridge
Towns and townships in Oswego County (24)
- Albion
- Amboy
- Boylston
- Constantia
- Fulton city
- Granby
- Hannibal
- Hastings
- Mexico
- Minetto
- New Haven
- Orwell
- Oswego
- Oswego city
- Palermo
- Parish
- Redfield
- Richland
- Sandy Creek
- Schroeppel
- Scriba
- Volney
- West Monroe
- Williamstown
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (2)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in Oswego County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Albion town
- SUNY Oswego CDP
Other named communities in Oswego County (135)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Albion Center
- Amboy Center
- Arthur
- Bardeen Corners
- Beecherville
- Bernhards Bay
- Bethel Corners
- Big Bay
- Bowen Corners
- Bowens Corners
- Boylston Center
- Bundy Crossing
- Cains Corners
- Carley Mills
- Carterville
- Catfish Corners
- Caughdenoy
- Centerville
- Chateaugay
- Clark Corners
- Clifford
- Colosse
- Community Park
- Constantia Center
- Cribbs Corner
- Daysville
- Daysville Corner
- Demster
- Demster Beach
- Dexterville
- Doris Park
- Drakes Corner
- Dugway
- Dutch Settlement
- Dutcherville
- East Amboy
- East Boylston
- East Palermo
- Fairdale
- Farmers Corner
- Fernwood
- Fruit Valley
- Furniss
- Gayville
- Gilbert Mills
- Graftons Square
- Granby Center
- Greenboro
- Gulf Bridge
- Hammonds Corner
- Hannibal Center
- Happy Valley
- Hastings Center
- Hemlock District
- Hickory Grove
- Hinmansville
- Howardville
- Ingalls Crossing
- Jones Corners
- Kasoag
- Kraus Landing
- Lakeview
- Lansing
- Lewis Corners
- Little America
- Little France
- Loomis Corner
- Lycoming
- Mallory
- Maple Hill
- Maple View
- Morse
- Mount Pleasant
- Mud Hill
- Mud Settlement
- Mungers Corners
- New Scriba
- Nicholsville
- Noble Shores
- North Amboy
- North Boylston
- North Church Corner
- North Constantia
- North Hannibal
- North Scriba
- North Volney
- Oswego Beach
- Oswego Center
- Otto Mills
- Panther Lake
- Parish Center
- Peat Corners
- Pekin
- Pember Corners
- Pennellville
- Pine Meadows
- Pineville
- Plantz Corners
- Pleasant Point Crossing
- Port Ontario
- Prattham
- Rainbow Shores
- Ramona Beach
- Red Mill
- Ricard
- Roosevelt Corners
- Russ Mills
- Sala
- Sandy Pond
- Selkirk
- Seneca Hill
- Shore Oaks
- Smartville
- South Granby
- South Hannibal
- South New Haven
- South Scriba
- Southwest Oswego
- Stewart Corners
- Stillwater
- Suttons Corner
- Texas
- The Elms
- Tinker Tavern Corner
- Toad Harbor
- Tylers Corner
- Union Settlement
- Upson Corners
- Vermilion
- Vorea
- Walker
- Wellwood
- West Amboy
- West End
- Whig Hill