Osage vs Wolf Lake

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

Osage and Wolf Lake 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 104 in Wolf Lake). Wolf Lake has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $47,500 in Osage). Osage has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $137,500 in Wolf Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Osage	Wolf Lake
Population	226	104
Median age	56.2 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$66,250
Median home value	$307,400	$137,500
Median gross rent	$745	$873
Housing units	162	37
Homeownership rate	83.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	16.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osage	Wolf Lake
Population	317 → 226 (-28.7%)	31 → 104 (+235.5%)
Median household income	$49,875 → $47,500 (-4.8%)	$61,875 → $66,250 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $307,400 (+91.1%)	$130,700 → $137,500 (+5.2%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $745 (-18.5%)	$730 → $873 (+19.6%)

Osage

Population

317226

Median household income

$49,875$47,500

Median home value

$160,900$307,400

Median gross rent

$914$745

Wolf Lake

Population

31104

Median household income

$61,875$66,250

Median home value

$130,700$137,500

Median gross rent

$730$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osage	Wolf Lake
Under 5	3.5%	10.6%
5 to 17	4.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	36.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	6.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	1.0%
55 to 64	23.5%	8.7%
65 to 74	16.8%	4.8%
75 and over	11.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osage	Wolf Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	88.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osage	Wolf Lake
No high school diploma	7.1%	15.4%
High school graduate	38.3%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osage	Wolf Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	72.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osage	Wolf Lake
1-unit, detached	75.3%	35.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	45.9%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Osage	Wolf Lake
Poverty rate	19.9%	9.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1980	1995