Osceola vs Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of Osceola and Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

Osceola and Wilson are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Osceola has the higher population (6,807 vs 1,103 in Wilson). Wilson has the higher median household income ($76,065 vs $40,783 in Osceola). Wilson has the higher median home value ($135,900 vs $108,700 in Osceola).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola	Wilson
Population	6,807	1,103
Median age	33.1 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,783	$76,065
Median home value	$108,700	$135,900
Median gross rent	$832	$825
Housing units	3,224	531
Homeownership rate	40.5%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola	Wilson
Population	6,908 → 6,807 (-1.5%)	1,017 → 1,103 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$31,436 → $40,783 (+29.7%)	$61,875 → $76,065 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $108,700 (+33.9%)	$91,700 → $135,900 (+48.2%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $832 (+30.0%)	$573 → $825 (+44.0%)

Osceola

Population

6,9086,807

Median household income

$31,436$40,783

Median home value

$81,200$108,700

Median gross rent

$640$832

Wilson

Population

1,0171,103

Median household income

$61,875$76,065

Median home value

$91,700$135,900

Median gross rent

$573$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola	Wilson
Under 5	7.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	15.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	9.9%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.5%
75 and over	4.6%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	79.1%
Black or African American	56.7%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola	Wilson
No high school diploma	16.0%	8.1%
High school graduate	47.2%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola	Wilson
Drove alone	76.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	19.2%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	5.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola	Wilson
1-unit, detached	59.3%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	29.1%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Osceola	Wilson
Poverty rate	27.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1978	1979