North Liberty vs Osceola

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

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

Osceola has the higher population (2,583 vs 1,838 in North Liberty). Osceola has the higher median household income ($63,063 vs $61,143 in North Liberty). Osceola has the higher median home value ($178,300 vs $157,100 in North Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	North Liberty	Osceola
Population	1,838	2,583
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,143	$63,063
Median home value	$157,100	$178,300
Median gross rent	$855	$1,346
Housing units	781	1,020
Homeownership rate	78.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Liberty	Osceola
Population	1,878 → 1,838 (-2.1%)	2,707 → 2,583 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $61,143 (+26.7%)	$54,847 → $63,063 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$107,900 → $157,100 (+45.6%)	$111,600 → $178,300 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$517 → $855 (+65.4%)	$945 → $1,346 (+42.4%)

North Liberty

Population

1,8781,838

Median household income

$48,250$61,143

Median home value

$107,900$157,100

Median gross rent

$517$855

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)

	North Liberty	Osceola
Under 5	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.2%
65 to 74	4.5%	10.9%
75 and over	7.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Liberty	Osceola
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Liberty	Osceola
No high school diploma	7.3%	7.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Liberty	Osceola
Drove alone	80.5%	73.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Liberty	Osceola
1-unit, detached	86.9%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	North Liberty	Osceola
Poverty rate	9.2%	14.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1952	1959