County profile
Oswego County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#469 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
22,804
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,093
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
118,569
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$69.2k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±1.0%
Poverty rate
16.3%±1.4%
Business applications
836 · 2025
Retail establishments
323
27.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Abeona Therapeutics Inc.Healthcare$5.8M69B2Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Retail trade23%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation18%
Utilities11%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
118,569
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,606
International migration+314
Natural change−749
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$7.1B2019
$7.1B2020
$8.0B2021
$8.5B2022
$9.0B2023
$9.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.7k±$3.6k
Median gross rent
$967/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
13.9%±1.1%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$26.8M
153 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 93Ice storm 84Strong wind 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1972016
1972017
2092018
2122019
2242020
2502021
2862022
3212023
3502024
3692025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 10% since 20211392021
1472022
1432023
1832024
1532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
30.1 km
PORT OF OSWEGO AUTHORITY EAST PIER
Nearest commercial airport
35.4 km
SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR7 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Oswego?
Oswego's economy produced $9.3B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 62% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.