Redfield, 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 Redfield, Oswego County, New York
Redfield is a town of 476 people in Oswego County. Half its households earn more than $59,107 a year and half less, against $69,183 across Oswego County; 12% of its people live below the poverty line. 96% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 4% are rented. 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 residents work in manufacturing, then construction.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Redfield is a very small town in Oswego County, and almost everyone who lives here owns their home. The population is older than in most places, and household incomes run below the county's. Winters are long, cold and extremely snowy, with the deepest cold in January, while summers are mild and warm in July. Rain and melted snow add up to a good deal over the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, the building trades, schools, hospitals and social care, and government. Few adults hold a four-year degree, and the typical commute is a long one, though some people work from home. Across Oswego County, the largest workplaces include State University of New York at Oswego, Novelis Oswego Works and Oswego Hospital.
Things to do. Salmon River Falls, a waterfall, and Salmon River Reservoir are both a short drive away. Whetstone Gulf State Park, a protected area, is a longer drive away, as is Oneida Lake, one of the larger lakes in the region.
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- 177households
- 12%of adults have a degree
- 12%below the poverty line
- 33 mintypical commute
- 12%work from home
What residents 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 25° and lows near 4°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 53°. About 203 inches of snow and 57 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Highmarket 2W weather station, 14 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; Redfield 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 high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Oswego County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively 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.
Redfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Redfield6
Zip codes with a Redfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Redfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.