Orchard vs Osage

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

Orchard 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 106 in Orchard). Osage has the higher median household income ($62,309 vs $52,500 in Orchard). Since 2019, Orchard's population has grown faster (+68.3% vs +0.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard	Osage
Population	106	3,578
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$62,309
Median home value	—	$141,800
Median gross rent	—	$735
Housing units	60	1,845
Homeownership rate	67.4%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard	Osage
Population	63 → 106 (+68.3%)	3,568 → 3,578 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $52,500 (+18.6%)	$54,274 → $62,309 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $80,000 (+63.3%)	$105,700 → $141,800 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$624 → $735 (+17.8%)

Orchard

Population

63106

Median household income

$44,250$52,500

Median home value

$49,000$80,000

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)

	Orchard	Osage
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	34.9%	13.1%
18 to 24	2.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	5.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	19.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.0%
75 and over	7.5%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard	Osage
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	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	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard	Osage
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	22.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	54.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard	Osage
Drove alone	89.7%	87.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	3.8%
Other means	5.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard	Osage
1-unit, detached	96.7%	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	3.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Orchard	Osage
Poverty rate	15.1%	6.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1938	1964