Louisburg vs Osawatomie

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

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

Louisburg has the higher population (5,034 vs 4,244 in Osawatomie). Louisburg has the higher median household income ($75,556 vs $55,612 in Osawatomie). Louisburg has the higher median home value ($257,600 vs $137,400 in Osawatomie).

Population, income & housing

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
Population	5,034	4,244
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,556	$55,612
Median home value	$257,600	$137,400
Median gross rent	$1,446	$948
Housing units	2,262	1,602
Homeownership rate	68.2%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
Population	4,443 → 5,034 (+13.3%)	4,293 → 4,244 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$75,357 → $75,556 (+0.3%)	$51,631 → $55,612 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$181,100 → $257,600 (+42.2%)	$87,100 → $137,400 (+57.7%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,446 (+48.2%)	$778 → $948 (+21.9%)

Louisburg

Population

4,4435,034

Median household income

$75,357$75,556

Median home value

$181,100$257,600

Median gross rent

$976$1,446

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)

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
Under 5	5.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	14.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	17.3%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	5.9%
75 and over	7.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.7%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
Drove alone	75.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
1-unit, detached	77.2%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Louisburg	Osawatomie
Poverty rate	7.7%	18.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1998	1953