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A city of 61,778, settled in 1833.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oswego Township grades B+ overall, ranked 339th of 767 in Illinois. The median household earns $114K. Residents are healthier than 84% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. What holds it back is price: the typical home is worth about $317K, 3.5 years of the Chicago metro’s $91K median household income. Oswego Township’s midpoint rent is $1,738 a month, where Illinois’ towns sit at $1,128 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The biggest place to walk is Saw Wee Kee Park, 133 acres with 8.2 miles of trail.
Where Oswego Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Oswego Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 15.9% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Grande Park Elem Sch | K–5 | 687 |
| Southbury Elem School | K–5 | 676 |
| Fox Chase Elementary School | K–5 | 661 |
Where Oswego Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Oswego Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 663 in 1880, 34,585 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2003 and 5 maps from 1925 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oswego Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw39 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw39 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oswego Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Oswego Township.
23 miles of trail wind through 60 parks and preserves. The density of trails for Oswego Township comes to 0.6 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 60, covering 997 acres.
| Oswego Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.9% | 3.6% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saw Wee Kee Park | 8.2 mi | 133 |
| 2. Lyon Forest Preserve | 1.4 mi | 46 |
| 3. Hunt Club Prairie Wetland | 1.2 mi | 37 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
CUSD 308 runs its public schools. Three of the 18 schools are below, and why each made the list. Public school enrollment in Oswego Township: 3,587 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traughber Jr High SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,070 | B |
| Oswego High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,870 | B+ |
| Oswego East High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,758 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IL on state tests and graduation
Against the 6,594 U.S. towns with household incomes like Oswego Township’s, it is healthier than 69%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
The share of adults in Oswego Township who get no exercise outside work: 18%. Among adults locally, 11% report frequent physical distress and 29% have high blood pressure.
| Oswego Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Oswego Township | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.4% | 3.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
For most workers, Oswego Township is a place to come home to: only 8% work in town. Its typical journey to work stands at 31 minutes. Since 2013, Oswego Township has added 1,187 jobs, to 13,700 in 2023. Among residents in the town, 5.2% live below the poverty line.
| Oswego Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $114,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.2% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The range runs from 16° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 28 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Just over two in five adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 38% across Illinois. People 65 and older are just over one in ten residents (17% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (39% statewide). For residents in Oswego Township, the share who are under 18 is 25%. Since 2020, Oswego Township has grown 11%, to 61,778 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Oswego Township | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 11% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 29% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 38.4 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.3 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women. Median age: women 39.0, men 37.5.
| Oswego Township | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.9% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.4% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.6% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.4% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.5% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.4% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.8% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.8% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
FEMA puts 43% of Oswego Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 32% to cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 57% of U.S. communities. Households locally have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 1999.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
7 within 15 miles of the center of Oswego Township
About 6 of every 100 Oswego Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
Village in Illinois, US
Oswego ( oss-WEE-goh) is a village in Kendall and Will counties, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 34,485. Oswego is the largest municipality in Kendall County. Part of the Chicago metropolitan area, it is an exurb of Chicago.
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5 towns share a border with Oswego Township.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Township | #339 | B+ | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Bristol Township | #364 | B+ | D | — | A− | A− |
| Aurora Township | #541 | C+ | C+ | — | C | B |
| Na-Au-Say Township | #440 | B | C− | — | B+ | A− |
| Wheatland Township | #119 | A | C− | — | A− | A |
| Kendall Township | #308 | B+ | C− | — | A− | A− |
Oswego Township, Bristol Township, Aurora Township, Na-Au-Say Township, Wheatland Township and Kendall Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Oswego Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Oswego Township grades B+ overall, better than 69% of U.S. towns and #339 of 767 in Illinois. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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