Mishawaka vs Osceola

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

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

Mishawaka has the higher population (50,907 vs 2,583 in Osceola). Osceola has the higher median household income ($63,063 vs $53,120 in Mishawaka). Osceola has the higher median home value ($178,300 vs $140,600 in Mishawaka).

Population, income & housing

	Mishawaka	Osceola
Population	50,907	2,583
Median age	35.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,120	$63,063
Median home value	$140,600	$178,300
Median gross rent	$1,041	$1,346
Housing units	24,715	1,020
Homeownership rate	49.4%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mishawaka	Osceola
Population	49,245 → 50,907 (+3.4%)	2,707 → 2,583 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$43,248 → $53,120 (+22.8%)	$54,847 → $63,063 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$102,900 → $140,600 (+36.6%)	$111,600 → $178,300 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,041 (+33.5%)	$945 → $1,346 (+42.4%)

Mishawaka

Population

49,24550,907

Median household income

$43,248$53,120

Median home value

$102,900$140,600

Median gross rent

$780$1,041

Osceola

Population

2,7072,583

Median household income

$54,847$63,063

Median home value

$111,600$178,300

Median gross rent

$945$1,346

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mishawaka	Osceola
Under 5	6.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.9%
75 and over	7.2%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mishawaka	Osceola
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	8.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mishawaka	Osceola
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.9%
High school graduate	33.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mishawaka	Osceola
Drove alone	77.3%	73.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.4%
Public transit	1.6%	1.3%
Walked	2.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mishawaka	Osceola
1-unit, detached	50.4%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Mishawaka	Osceola
Poverty rate	16.3%	14.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1975	1959