Osceola vs Walkerton

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

Osceola and Walkerton 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 2,052 in Walkerton). Osceola has the higher median household income ($63,063 vs $62,521 in Walkerton). Osceola has the higher median home value ($178,300 vs $132,300 in Walkerton).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola	Walkerton
Population	2,583	2,052
Median age	39.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,063	$62,521
Median home value	$178,300	$132,300
Median gross rent	$1,346	$807
Housing units	1,020	828
Homeownership rate	84.2%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola	Walkerton
Population	2,707 → 2,583 (-4.6%)	2,174 → 2,052 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$54,847 → $63,063 (+15.0%)	$49,318 → $62,521 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $178,300 (+59.8%)	$98,800 → $132,300 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,346 (+42.4%)	$704 → $807 (+14.6%)

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

Walkerton

Population

2,1742,052

Median household income

$49,318$62,521

Median home value

$98,800$132,300

Median gross rent

$704$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola	Walkerton
Under 5	4.1%	10.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.0%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.0%
75 and over	4.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola	Walkerton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	89.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola	Walkerton
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola	Walkerton
Drove alone	73.2%	82.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	7.4%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	4.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola	Walkerton
1-unit, detached	96.4%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Osceola	Walkerton
Poverty rate	14.1%	5.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1959	1960