Osage City vs Scranton

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

Osage City and Scranton 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 891 in Scranton). Osage City has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $53,767 in Scranton). Osage City has the higher median home value ($135,400 vs $75,500 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Osage City	Scranton
Population	2,837	891
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,393	$53,767
Median home value	$135,400	$75,500
Median gross rent	$833	$642
Housing units	1,261	392
Homeownership rate	68.6%	86.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osage City	Scranton
Population	2,808 → 2,837 (+1.0%)	585 → 891 (+52.3%)
Median household income	$36,406 → $63,393 (+74.1%)	$56,250 → $53,767 (-4.4%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $135,400 (+53.5%)	$80,700 → $75,500 (-6.4%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $833 (+17.3%)	$717 → $642 (-10.5%)

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

Scranton

Population

585891

Median household income

$56,250$53,767

Median home value

$80,700$75,500

Median gross rent

$717$642

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osage City	Scranton
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.7%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	5.8%
75 and over	7.5%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osage City	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	1.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osage City	Scranton
No high school diploma	11.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osage City	Scranton
Drove alone	63.2%	85.5%
Carpooled	16.6%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	4.0%
Other means	5.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osage City	Scranton
1-unit, detached	76.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Osage City	Scranton
Poverty rate	16.8%	18.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1971	1978