Oswego

Population & Demographics

Oswego, IL

Oswego is home to 36,375 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 21,669 resident workers commute each day.

IllinoisCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
36,375
people
Population

36,375 residents

Median age 38.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Oswego population & demographics

Who lives in Oswego — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
36,375
Median age
38.7yrs
Median household income
$123,792
Median home value
$344,500
Median gross rent
$1,860/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
44.3%
Poverty rate
2.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Oswego

How Oswego breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White62.4%
Hispanic or Latino17.9%
Black10.1%
Two or more races4.9%
Asian4.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%
Some other race0.0%

Race across Oswego

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Oswego.

Oswego at a glance
Employed Residents
21,669
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
21.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
7.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
17.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Chicago
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Oswego proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Oswego commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

39 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Oswego

21,669 commutes, one dot at a time

Oswego

Where 21,669 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Oswego, by worker count.

1Chicago35.3 mi3,113
2Aurora5.3 mi1,988
3Oswego0.0 mi1,717
4Naperville9.9 mi1,610
5Bolingbrook12.3 mi421
6Downers Grove18.1 mi404
7Plainfield7.5 mi368
8Joliet15.1 mi351

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Oswego.

1Oswego0.0 mi1,717
2Aurora5.3 mi1,397
3Joliet15.1 mi486
4Naperville9.9 mi478
5Montgomery2.8 mi440
6Yorkville6.1 mi428
7Chicago35.3 mi425
8Plainfield7.5 mi419

Top industries

The sectors that employ Oswego’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services26.6%
RTRetail Trade19.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.8%
COConstruction6.5%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance5.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)5.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.7%
MFManufacturing2.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Oswego

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Oswego

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).