Where You Can Grow Your Career And Your Family Will Flourish
Work, live, learn, play, flourish. Day to day, year after year, for the brightest future, it’s gotta be Oswego County!
#1
State for Quality of Life – Wallethub.com
#3
Overall for Best State to Live – Wallethub.com
#19
Best State for Jobs – Wallethub.com
In a robust, diversified economy, enjoy greater opportunities with room for career advancement and stability to plan for the future. Manufacturing, tourism, agribusiness, healthcare, logistics, energy, education: Find the career that suits your talents and fulfills your goals. And Oswego County means opportunity for all; over 34% of our businesses are woman-owned, and over 12% are veteran-owned.
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Our affordable cost of living means you have more in your budget, which means you can do more, with an average home value of $115,900. And, in fact, 73.8% of Oswego County homes are owned rather than rented. Neighborhoods and housing styles are vibrantly varied, with historic homes ranging from Victorian to Art Deco. In Oswego County, crime is low and quality of craftsmanship is high, and so is pride of place. Waterfront living is also available in inviting downtown settings.
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Oswego County is the right place to make your mark and to make a meaningful life, confident that your family is thriving in a community where essentials like healthcare are excellent and opportunities for involvement are plentiful.
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Families enjoy an abundance of choice in K-12 education. Parents can select from 9 high-caliber public school systems, some with universal Pre-K, as well as excellent private schools, including schools with Baptist and Catholic affiliations. Dual enrollment is available at multiple institutions, including Cayuga Community College; the Center for Instruction, Technology and Innovation (CiTi); Jefferson Community College; Onondaga Community College and SUNY Oswego. These programs allow students to graduate high school well on their way to careers or college diplomas; Oswego County’s P-TECH program allows students to graduate with an electrical or mechanical engineering associate degree.
Post-high school opportunities are expansive: CCC offers 30 degree and 10 certificate programs; SUNY-Oswego, a four-year university, consistently earns national rankings and offers over 75 majors and over 60 minors, in addition to several graduate programs.
And for adults seeking career advancement, upskilling opportunities are also abundant, through CCC’s stackable credentials as well as programs at CiTi, SUNY Oswego and CCC’s new Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI).
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Visitors come from across the U.S. to experience the four-season recreation readily available to residents. On the shore of Lake Ontario, Oswego County is a true winter wonderland for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, ice climbing; there’s also fishing, boating, kayaking, hunting and more. Festivals, plays, museums, historic sites and cultural events are also year-round opportunities for family fun, enlightenment and togetherness. Shopping and dining are excellent right here, with the urban amenities of Syracuse less than an hour away.
340+
miles of trails
Top 10
location for cross-country skiing
Top 10
location nationally for salmon fishing
#1
Snowmobile trail in New York – snowmobilehow.com
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In a place where recorded history goes back 350 years, there’s plenty to explore, but what’s even better is what’s ahead.
