Lyndon vs Osage City

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

Lyndon 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 1,184 in Lyndon). Lyndon has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $63,393 in Osage City). Osage City has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $123,900 in Lyndon).

Population, income & housing

	Lyndon	Osage City
Population	1,184	2,837
Median age	36.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$63,393
Median home value	$123,900	$135,400
Median gross rent	$690	$833
Housing units	468	1,261
Homeownership rate	80.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyndon	Osage City
Population	1,058 → 1,184 (+11.9%)	2,808 → 2,837 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$50,972 → $70,625 (+38.6%)	$36,406 → $63,393 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $123,900 (+31.0%)	$88,200 → $135,400 (+53.5%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $690 (-4.8%)	$710 → $833 (+17.3%)

Lyndon

Population

1,0581,184

Median household income

$50,972$70,625

Median home value

$94,600$123,900

Median gross rent

$725$690

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)

	Lyndon	Osage City
Under 5	7.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.4%
75 and over	5.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyndon	Osage City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	96.8%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyndon	Osage City
No high school diploma	2.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	34.9%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyndon	Osage City
Drove alone	74.6%	63.2%
Carpooled	14.9%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyndon	Osage City
1-unit, detached	86.1%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Lyndon	Osage City
Poverty rate	8.5%	16.8%
Average household size	2.81	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1958	1971