Osage vs St. Ansgar

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

Osage and St. Ansgar 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 1,156 in St. Ansgar). St. Ansgar has the higher median household income ($75,208 vs $62,309 in Osage). St. Ansgar has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $141,800 in Osage).

Population, income & housing

	Osage	St. Ansgar
Population	3,578	1,156
Median age	43.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,309	$75,208
Median home value	$141,800	$143,800
Median gross rent	$735	$940
Housing units	1,845	527
Homeownership rate	76.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osage	St. Ansgar
Population	3,568 → 3,578 (+0.3%)	1,159 → 1,156 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$54,274 → $62,309 (+14.8%)	$63,750 → $75,208 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $141,800 (+34.2%)	$122,400 → $143,800 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$624 → $735 (+17.8%)	$618 → $940 (+52.1%)

Osage

Population

3,5683,578

Median household income

$54,274$62,309

Median home value

$105,700$141,800

Median gross rent

$624$735

St. Ansgar

Population

1,1591,156

Median household income

$63,750$75,208

Median home value

$122,400$143,800

Median gross rent

$618$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osage	St. Ansgar
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	6.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.4%
75 and over	12.9%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osage	St. Ansgar
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	90.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osage	St. Ansgar
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osage	St. Ansgar
Drove alone	87.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	9.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osage	St. Ansgar
1-unit, detached	78.0%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Osage	St. Ansgar
Poverty rate	6.8%	7.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1964	1955