Osawatomie vs Paola

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

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

Paola has the higher population (5,757 vs 4,244 in Osawatomie). Paola has the higher median household income ($73,281 vs $55,612 in Osawatomie). Paola has the higher median home value ($195,000 vs $137,400 in Osawatomie).

Population, income & housing

	Osawatomie	Paola
Population	4,244	5,757
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,612	$73,281
Median home value	$137,400	$195,000
Median gross rent	$948	$1,069
Housing units	1,602	2,667
Homeownership rate	68.9%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osawatomie	Paola
Population	4,293 → 4,244 (-1.1%)	5,611 → 5,757 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$51,631 → $55,612 (+7.7%)	$51,324 → $73,281 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$87,100 → $137,400 (+57.7%)	$134,800 → $195,000 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $948 (+21.9%)	$728 → $1,069 (+46.8%)

Osawatomie

Population

4,2934,244

Median household income

$51,631$55,612

Median home value

$87,100$137,400

Median gross rent

$778$948

Paola

Population

5,6115,757

Median household income

$51,324$73,281

Median home value

$134,800$195,000

Median gross rent

$728$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osawatomie	Paola
Under 5	3.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	14.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	18.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	5.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.2%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osawatomie	Paola
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osawatomie	Paola
No high school diploma	6.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	51.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osawatomie	Paola
Drove alone	73.4%	76.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osawatomie	Paola
1-unit, detached	83.3%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Osawatomie	Paola
Poverty rate	18.1%	5.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1953	1970