Lake Park vs Osage

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

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

Lake Park has the higher population (573 vs 226 in Osage). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $47,500 in Osage). Osage has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $160,900 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Osage
Population	573	226
Median age	36.8 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$47,500
Median home value	$160,900	$307,400
Median gross rent	$717	$745
Housing units	251	162
Homeownership rate	84.0%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Osage
Population	732 → 573 (-21.7%)	317 → 226 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$44,883 → $63,250 (+40.9%)	$49,875 → $47,500 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $160,900 (+75.5%)	$160,900 → $307,400 (+91.1%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $717 (+11.2%)	$914 → $745 (-18.5%)

Lake Park

Population

732573

Median household income

$44,883$63,250

Median home value

$91,700$160,900

Median gross rent

$645$717

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)

	Lake Park	Osage
Under 5	5.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.9%	4.9%
18 to 24	2.3%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	2.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	23.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	16.8%
75 and over	4.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Osage
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.9%
Asian	7.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	1.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Osage
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	31.6%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Osage
Drove alone	79.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	0.0%
Other means	2.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Osage
1-unit, detached	72.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Osage
Poverty rate	8.0%	19.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1966	1980