Excelsior vs Osseo

A side-by-side comparison of Excelsior and Osseo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Osseo has the higher population (2,601 vs 2,359 in Excelsior). Excelsior has the higher median household income ($108,611 vs $66,875 in Osseo). Excelsior has the higher median home value ($839,500 vs $275,000 in Osseo).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior	Osseo
Population	2,359	2,601
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$108,611	$66,875
Median home value	$839,500	$275,000
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,222
Housing units	1,417	1,238
Homeownership rate	48.8%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior	Osseo
Population	2,434 → 2,359 (-3.1%)	2,753 → 2,601 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $108,611 (+55.2%)	$57,946 → $66,875 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$617,100 → $839,500 (+36.0%)	$198,600 → $275,000 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$949 → $1,125 (+18.5%)	$1,007 → $1,222 (+21.4%)

Excelsior

Population

2,4342,359

Median household income

$70,000$108,611

Median home value

$617,100$839,500

Median gross rent

$949$1,125

Osseo

Population

2,7532,601

Median household income

$57,946$66,875

Median home value

$198,600$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,222

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior	Osseo
Under 5	3.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.3%	7.9%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	20.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	21.2%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.0%
75 and over	7.3%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior	Osseo
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior	Osseo
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	22.5%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior	Osseo
Drove alone	73.9%	84.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	9.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior	Osseo
1-unit, detached	44.9%	49.1%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	24.8%	12.3%
20 or more units	17.5%	30.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior	Osseo
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1968	1965