Elbow Lake vs Osage

A side-by-side comparison of Elbow Lake and Osage: population, income, housing, and more.

Elbow Lake and Osage are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Osage has the higher population (226 vs 78 in Elbow Lake). Osage has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $30,000 in Elbow Lake). Osage has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $120,800 in Elbow Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Elbow Lake	Osage
Population	78	226
Median age	40.5 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$30,000	$47,500
Median home value	$120,800	$307,400
Median gross rent	$600	$745
Housing units	66	162
Homeownership rate	60.0%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	21.7%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbow Lake	Osage
Population	79 → 78 (-1.3%)	317 → 226 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$25,417 → $30,000 (+18.0%)	$49,875 → $47,500 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $120,800 (-12.1%)	$160,900 → $307,400 (+91.1%)
Median gross rent	$417 → $600 (+43.9%)	$914 → $745 (-18.5%)

Elbow Lake

Population

7978

Median household income

$25,417$30,000

Median home value

$137,500$120,800

Median gross rent

$417$600

Osage

Population

317226

Median household income

$49,875$47,500

Median home value

$160,900$307,400

Median gross rent

$914$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elbow Lake	Osage
Under 5	3.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.4%	4.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	2.7%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.8%
45 to 54	6.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	23.5%
65 to 74	19.2%	16.8%
75 and over	12.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbow Lake	Osage
White (non-Hispanic)	14.1%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	48.7%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	34.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbow Lake	Osage
No high school diploma	37.7%	7.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbow Lake	Osage
Drove alone	61.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	22.2%	0.0%
Public transit	16.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbow Lake	Osage
1-unit, detached	98.5%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Elbow Lake	Osage
Poverty rate	38.5%	19.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1976	1980