Osburn vs Wardner

A side-by-side comparison of Osburn and Wardner: population, income, housing, and more.

Osburn and Wardner are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Osburn has the higher population (1,728 vs 300 in Wardner). Wardner has the higher median home value ($302,900 vs $182,800 in Osburn). Since 2019, Wardner's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs +8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Osburn	Wardner
Population	1,728	300
Median age	42.5 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	—
Median home value	$182,800	$302,900
Median gross rent	$794	$1,119
Housing units	847	157
Homeownership rate	81.8%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osburn	Wardner
Population	1,593 → 1,728 (+8.5%)	189 → 300 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $44,583 (-12.6%)	$45,000 → $34,643 (-23.0%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $182,800 (+71.5%)	$111,300 → $302,900 (+172.1%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $794 (+7.2%)	$645 → $1,119 (+73.5%)

Osburn

Population

1,5931,728

Median household income

$51,000$44,583

Median home value

$106,600$182,800

Median gross rent

$741$794

Wardner

Population

189300

Median household income

$45,000$34,643

Median home value

$111,300$302,900

Median gross rent

$645$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osburn	Wardner
Under 5	11.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	34.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	12.0%
75 and over	8.9%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osburn	Wardner
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osburn	Wardner
No high school diploma	6.5%	0.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osburn	Wardner
Drove alone	73.6%	93.6%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	2.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osburn	Wardner
1-unit, detached	77.9%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Osburn	Wardner
Poverty rate	18.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1962	1938