Fontana vs Osawatomie

A side-by-side comparison of Fontana and Osawatomie: population, income, housing, and more.

Fontana and Osawatomie are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Osawatomie has the higher population (4,244 vs 447 in Fontana). Osawatomie has the higher median household income ($55,612 vs $50,625 in Fontana). Osawatomie has the higher median home value ($137,400 vs $116,600 in Fontana).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana	Osawatomie
Population	447	4,244
Median age	16.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$55,612
Median home value	$116,600	$137,400
Median gross rent	—	$948
Housing units	112	1,602
Homeownership rate	85.0%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana	Osawatomie
Population	320 → 447 (+39.7%)	4,293 → 4,244 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$64,417 → $50,625 (-21.4%)	$51,631 → $55,612 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $116,600 (+28.4%)	$87,100 → $137,400 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$778 → $948 (+21.9%)

Fontana

Population

320447

Median household income

$64,417$50,625

Median home value

$90,800$116,600

Osawatomie

Population

4,2934,244

Median household income

$51,631$55,612

Median home value

$87,100$137,400

Median gross rent

$778$948

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana	Osawatomie
Under 5	7.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	45.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	14.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	22.8%	18.5%
45 to 54	2.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	2.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	4.0%	5.9%
75 and over	2.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana	Osawatomie
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana	Osawatomie
No high school diploma	28.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana	Osawatomie
Drove alone	64.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	1.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	16.7%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana	Osawatomie
1-unit, detached	76.8%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Fontana	Osawatomie
Poverty rate	41.7%	18.1%
Average household size	4.18	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1990	1953