Parish, New York.
. Syracuse, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Parish, Oswego County, New York
Parish is a village of 447 people in Oswego County. Half its households earn more than $88,333 a year and half less, against $69,183 across Oswego County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Oswego County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Oswego County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Parish is a very small village in Oswego County, New York, with a quiet, close-knit feel. Household incomes here run higher than across the county, and few residents live below the poverty line. A minority of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July is the warmest and mild rather than hot, and precipitation is steady through the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by shops, manufacturing and the building trades. Across Oswego County, the largest workplaces include the State University of New York at Oswego, Novelis Oswego Works and Oswego Hospital. Unemployment across the county is a little higher than it was a year ago, while the number of jobs has grown slightly.
Things to do. Oneida Lake is the best known nearby place, a large lake a longer drive away. The Oswego River, also a longer drive away, offers a river setting for time outdoors. For some local history, Fort Oswego is a fort a longer drive away.
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- 234households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
What people in Oswego County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Oswego County had 32,477 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 29° and lows near 11°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 57°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Pulaski weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Oswego County
- State University of New York at OswegoUniversity or college1,232
- Novelis Oswego WorksAluminum sheet made by flat rolling purchased aluminum1,117
- Oswego HospitalGeneral hospital873FTE
- Central Square Central School DistrictSchool district694FTE
- Oswego City School DistrictSchool district682FTE
- Fulton City School DistrictSchool district659FTE
- ConstellationElectric power generation, nuclear555
- Mexico Central School DistrictSchool district448FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 56 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 8,092 people in all across the county; Parish has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Parish’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Oswego County and the Syracuse, NY metro.
Parish home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
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Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Parish7
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
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Zip codes with a Parish address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Parish — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.