Mitchell vs Osage

A side-by-side comparison of Mitchell and Osage: population, income, housing, and more.

Mitchell and Osage are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Osage has the higher population (3,578 vs 134 in Mitchell). Mitchell has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $62,309 in Osage). Osage has the higher median home value ($141,800 vs $119,200 in Mitchell).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchell	Osage
Population	134	3,578
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$62,309
Median home value	$119,200	$141,800
Median gross rent	—	$735
Housing units	64	1,845
Homeownership rate	96.6%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchell	Osage
Population	187 → 134 (-28.3%)	3,568 → 3,578 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $66,250 (+14.0%)	$54,274 → $62,309 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $119,200 (+49.7%)	$105,700 → $141,800 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$624 → $735 (+17.8%)

Mitchell

Population

187134

Median household income

$58,125$66,250

Median home value

$79,600$119,200

Osage

Population

3,5683,578

Median household income

$54,274$62,309

Median home value

$105,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$624$735

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchell	Osage
Under 5	3.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	25.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	12.0%
75 and over	6.0%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchell	Osage
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchell	Osage
No high school diploma	20.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchell	Osage
Drove alone	74.3%	87.9%
Carpooled	24.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.8%
Other means	1.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchell	Osage
1-unit, detached	96.9%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Mitchell	Osage
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1960	1964