Hillsdale vs Osawatomie

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

Hillsdale 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 115 in Hillsdale). Hillsdale has the higher median home value ($167,200 vs $137,400 in Osawatomie). Since 2019, Osawatomie's population has grown faster (-1.1% vs -63.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
Population	115	4,244
Median age	46.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,612
Median home value	$167,200	$137,400
Median gross rent	—	$948
Housing units	50	1,602
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
Population	311 → 115 (-63.0%)	4,293 → 4,244 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$60,764 → $59,271 (-2.5%)	$51,631 → $55,612 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$128,300 → $167,200 (+30.3%)	$87,100 → $137,400 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$778 → $948 (+21.9%)

Hillsdale

Population

311115

Median household income

$60,764$59,271

Median home value

$128,300$167,200

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)

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
Under 5	6.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.7%	14.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	18.5%
45 to 54	30.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	3.5%	5.9%
75 and over	20.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	71.4%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
Drove alone	75.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
1-unit, detached	80.0%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Hillsdale	Osawatomie
Poverty rate	0.0%	18.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	2010	1953