OswegoIN
A town settled in 1840, now home to 283 people.
Is Oswego a good place to live?
45% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Oswego, above both Indiana’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (29%). Oswego has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
283 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Oswego: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oswego, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Oswego.
Top of a very low hazard risk in Oswego: inland flooding
FEMA puts 46% of Oswego’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 21% to tornadoes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 81% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Oswego’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Warsaw (31%), Goshen (10%) and Syracuse (4%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Oswego’s year
A July afternoon gets to about 84° and a January night to 17°, and about 47 inches of snow fall in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Oswego
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oswego
About 0 of every 100 Oswego residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
100% of working residents leave Oswego for work
Where Oswego’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Oswego
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oswego, IN a good place to live?
Oswego has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.