Appleton City vs Osceola

A side-by-side comparison of Appleton City and Osceola: population, income, housing, and more.

Appleton City and Osceola are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Appleton City has the higher population (1,187 vs 955 in Osceola). Appleton City has the higher median household income ($44,615 vs $32,245 in Osceola). Osceola has the higher median home value ($127,900 vs $86,500 in Appleton City).

Population, income & housing

	Appleton City	Osceola
Population	1,187	955
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$44,615	$32,245
Median home value	$86,500	$127,900
Median gross rent	$503	$516
Housing units	625	554
Homeownership rate	55.4%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Appleton City	Osceola
Population	1,163 → 1,187 (+2.1%)	1,032 → 955 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$33,092 → $44,615 (+34.8%)	$26,224 → $32,245 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$61,800 → $86,500 (+40.0%)	$73,100 → $127,900 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $503 (-3.3%)	$423 → $516 (+22.0%)

Appleton City

Population

1,1631,187

Median household income

$33,092$44,615

Median home value

$61,800$86,500

Median gross rent

$520$503

Osceola

Population

1,032955

Median household income

$26,224$32,245

Median home value

$73,100$127,900

Median gross rent

$423$516

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Appleton City	Osceola
Under 5	4.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.4%	20.7%
75 and over	20.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Appleton City	Osceola
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	84.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Appleton City	Osceola
No high school diploma	14.7%	17.1%
High school graduate	41.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Appleton City	Osceola
Drove alone	76.3%	55.7%
Carpooled	12.5%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	11.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Appleton City	Osceola
1-unit, detached	68.3%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Appleton City	Osceola
Poverty rate	14.2%	30.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1972	1961