West Monroe, 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 West Monroe, Oswego County, New York
West Monroe is a town of 4,088 people in Oswego County. Half its households earn more than $90,558 a year and half less, against $69,183 across Oswego County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% 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 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. West Monroe is a small town in Oswego County where nearly everyone owns the home they live in. Households here earn more than across the county as a whole, and fewer people live in poverty than you might expect. The population is older than in many places, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings pleasantly warm days, and precipitation is generous through the year.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in professional and business services. Across Oswego County, some of the largest workplaces are State University of New York at Oswego, Novelis Oswego Works and Oswego Hospital. The typical commute is a moderate one, and a small number of people work from home.
Things to do. Fort Brewerton and Chittenango Creek, a historic fort and a stream, are both a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to Oneida Lake, one of the best known bodies of water in the area, and to the Everson Museum of Art, a museum in the Syracuse area.
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- 1,659households
- 26%of adults have a degree
- 6%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 8%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 31° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 81° and lows near 58°. About 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Brewerton Lock weather station, 7 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; West Monroe has one 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.
West Monroe 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.
- West Monroe7
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
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Zip codes with a West Monroe address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls West Monroe — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.