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Real Estate Prices & Overview

SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego median real estate price is $237,227, which is less expensive than 80.1% of New York neighborhoods and 69.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

The average rental price in SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego is currently $1,396, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. Rents here are currently lower in price than 86.9% of New York neighborhoods.

SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego is a rural neighborhood (based on population density) located in Oswego, New York.

SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and small apartment buildings. Most of the residential real estate is occupied by a mixture of owners and renters. Many of the residences in the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood are established but not old, having been built between 1970 and 1999. A number of residences were also built between 1940 and 1969.

SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego has a 12.4% vacancy rate, which is well above average compared to other U.S. neighborhoods (higher than 70.6% of American neighborhoods). Most vacant housing here is vacant year round. This could either signal that there is a weak demand for real estate in the neighborhood or that large amount of new housing has been built and not yet occupied. Either way, if you live here, you may find many of the homes or apartments are empty.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Oswego, the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

An extraordinary 45.7% of the residents of the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.

Modes of Transportation

In the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood, walking to work is a real option for many. In fact, NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research reveals walking to and from work is the chosen way to commute for 13.3% of residents here. This is a higher proportion of walking commuters than we found in 96.5% of American neighborhoods. Get ready to put on your walking shoes if you move here!

Diversity

Did you know that the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood has more Irish and Italian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 25.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Irish ancestry and 21.0% have Italian ancestry.

Migration / Stability

Some neighborhoods have more internal cohesiveness than others. While other neighborhoods feel like a collection of strangers who just happen to live near each other. Sometimes this comes down to not only the personalities of the people in a place, but how long people have been together in that neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research has revealed some interesting things about the rootedness of people in the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood. In the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood, a greater proportion of the residents living here today did not live here five years ago than is found in 96.2% of U.S. Neighborhoods. This neighborhood, more than almost any other in America, has new residents from other areas.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood in Oswego are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 42.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 90.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood, 32.8% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 32.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.6%), and 12.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (6.2%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood in Oswego, NY, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (25.5%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (21.0%), and residents who report German roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (9.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (8.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in SUNY Oswego / SUNY College at Oswego neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.3% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (69.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (13.3%) and 6.7% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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