Osage Beach vs Sunrise Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Osage Beach and Sunrise Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Osage Beach and Sunrise Beach are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Osage Beach has the higher population (4,715 vs 398 in Sunrise Beach). Osage Beach has the higher median household income ($52,067 vs $50,625 in Sunrise Beach). Osage Beach has the higher median home value ($286,800 vs $250,000 in Sunrise Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
Population	4,715	398
Median age	55.9 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,067	$50,625
Median home value	$286,800	$250,000
Median gross rent	$780	$1,156
Housing units	5,059	442
Homeownership rate	71.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
Population	5,080 → 4,715 (-7.2%)	487 → 398 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$39,137 → $52,067 (+33.0%)	$41,103 → $50,625 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$240,000 → $286,800 (+19.5%)	$82,900 → $250,000 (+201.6%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $780 (+16.9%)	$817 → $1,156 (+41.5%)

Osage Beach

Population

5,0804,715

Median household income

$39,137$52,067

Median home value

$240,000$286,800

Median gross rent

$667$780

Sunrise Beach

Population

487398

Median household income

$41,103$50,625

Median home value

$82,900$250,000

Median gross rent

$817$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
Under 5	6.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.9%	5.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	18.6%	20.1%
65 to 74	16.4%	16.3%
75 and over	15.3%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	90.5%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
No high school diploma	12.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
Drove alone	65.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	17.8%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.3%
Other means	9.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
1-unit, detached	38.5%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	36.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	16.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Osage Beach	Sunrise Beach
Poverty rate	16.6%	10.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1988	1982