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Owego, NY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Owego, NY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 11,759. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet OWEGO-NY · Owego, NY 1 ZIPs · 11,759 pop · #12078/25278 · Tioga County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $72,769
  • RANK-MID #12078/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Spencer
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 71% owners
  • POP-TOWN 11,759
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $156,400

Nearest income peer: Spencer, NY ( $4,019 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Owego

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Owego on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Owego, NY sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 48%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
11,759
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$72,769
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 13827 (11,759 residents). Household income $72,769 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Owego as a pure owner town.

Within New York, Basom is the closest lower-income city and Fonda the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Owego.

Population concentration

Owego's single ZIP 13827 carries the town

Owego is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 13827 is the entire residential footprint (11,759 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Owego's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 298 establishments, 5,540 employees , annual payroll $454,251k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 13827 (298 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (50) · also Accommodation and food services · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Owego, NY

These ZIP codes sit in Tioga County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Owego. See the Tioga County roll-up →

Owego lands mid-pack among the 11 cities sharing Tioga County: Apalachin, Newark Valley and Nichols earn more and Waverly, Spencer and Candor earn less. Lockwood marks the far end of that range at $98,750, 36% above Owego.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
13827 11,759 $72,769 298 50
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Owego roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Owego, .