Alton vs Osborne

A side-by-side comparison of Alton and Osborne: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Osborne has the higher population (1,496 vs 126 in Alton). Alton has the higher median household income ($57,708 vs $48,333 in Osborne). Osborne has the higher median home value ($82,100 vs $24,000 in Alton).

Population, income & housing

	Alton	Osborne
Population	126	1,496
Median age	29.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,708	$48,333
Median home value	$24,000	$82,100
Median gross rent	—	$580
Housing units	62	836
Homeownership rate	63.8%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	18.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alton	Osborne
Population	88 → 126 (+43.2%)	1,575 → 1,496 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$43,333 → $57,708 (+33.2%)	$41,023 → $48,333 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$28,500 → $24,000 (-15.8%)	$66,900 → $82,100 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$488 → $713 (+46.1%)	$556 → $580 (+4.3%)

Alton

Population

88126

Median household income

$43,333$57,708

Median home value

$28,500$24,000

Median gross rent

$488$713

Osborne

Population

1,5751,496

Median household income

$41,023$48,333

Median home value

$66,900$82,100

Median gross rent

$556$580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alton	Osborne
Under 5	8.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	19.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	4.0%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.0%
75 and over	11.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alton	Osborne
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alton	Osborne
No high school diploma	1.3%	5.8%
High school graduate	36.3%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	58.8%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alton	Osborne
Drove alone	46.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	20.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	15.6%	4.3%
Other means	11.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alton	Osborne
1-unit, detached	100.0%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Alton	Osborne
Poverty rate	18.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1953