Lowry City vs Osceola

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

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

Osceola has the higher population (955 vs 587 in Lowry City). Lowry City has the higher median household income ($42,159 vs $32,245 in Osceola). Osceola has the higher median home value ($127,900 vs $84,300 in Lowry City).

Population, income & housing

	Lowry City	Osceola
Population	587	955
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,159	$32,245
Median home value	$84,300	$127,900
Median gross rent	$707	$516
Housing units	312	554
Homeownership rate	58.2%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lowry City	Osceola
Population	709 → 587 (-17.2%)	1,032 → 955 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$32,344 → $42,159 (+30.3%)	$26,224 → $32,245 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $84,300 (+40.5%)	$73,100 → $127,900 (+75.0%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $707 (-2.9%)	$423 → $516 (+22.0%)

Lowry City

Population

709587

Median household income

$32,344$42,159

Median home value

$60,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$728$707

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)

	Lowry City	Osceola
Under 5	13.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	7.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	7.2%
25 to 34	4.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	21.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	20.7%
75 and over	11.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lowry City	Osceola
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	84.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	3.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lowry City	Osceola
No high school diploma	14.3%	17.1%
High school graduate	44.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lowry City	Osceola
Drove alone	84.2%	55.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	25.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lowry City	Osceola
1-unit, detached	69.2%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Lowry City	Osceola
Poverty rate	23.7%	30.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	37	23
Median year structure built	1971	1961