Carbondale vs Osage City

A side-by-side comparison of Carbondale and Osage City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Osage City has the higher population (2,837 vs 1,361 in Carbondale). Carbondale has the higher median household income ($67,578 vs $63,393 in Osage City). Osage City has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $112,300 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Osage City
Population	1,361	2,837
Median age	34.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,578	$63,393
Median home value	$112,300	$135,400
Median gross rent	$606	$833
Housing units	590	1,261
Homeownership rate	68.2%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Osage City
Population	1,438 → 1,361 (-5.4%)	2,808 → 2,837 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$45,982 → $67,578 (+47.0%)	$36,406 → $63,393 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$79,900 → $112,300 (+40.6%)	$88,200 → $135,400 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $606 (+11.6%)	$710 → $833 (+17.3%)

Carbondale

Population

1,4381,361

Median household income

$45,982$67,578

Median home value

$79,900$112,300

Median gross rent

$543$606

Osage City

Population

2,8082,837

Median household income

$36,406$63,393

Median home value

$88,200$135,400

Median gross rent

$710$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carbondale	Osage City
Under 5	4.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	24.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.4%
75 and over	6.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Osage City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Osage City
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	41.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Osage City
Drove alone	73.2%	63.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	11.9%
Other means	0.8%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Osage City
1-unit, detached	77.6%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Osage City
Poverty rate	15.2%	16.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1975	1971