Osceola vs Polk

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

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

Osceola has the higher population (867 vs 331 in Polk). Osceola has the higher median household income ($85,673 vs $53,182 in Polk). Osceola has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $80,300 in Polk).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola	Polk
Population	867	331
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,673	$53,182
Median home value	$143,800	$80,300
Median gross rent	$611	—
Housing units	355	167
Homeownership rate	70.7%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola	Polk
Population	924 → 867 (-6.2%)	309 → 331 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $85,673 (+45.2%)	$36,944 → $53,182 (+44.0%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $143,800 (+60.3%)	$53,500 → $80,300 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $611 (+8.5%)	$738 → $567 (-23.2%)

Osceola

Population

924867

Median household income

$59,000$85,673

Median home value

$89,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$563$611

Polk

Population

309331

Median household income

$36,944$53,182

Median home value

$53,500$80,300

Median gross rent

$738$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola	Polk
Under 5	6.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	13.6%
75 and over	9.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola	Polk
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.8%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola	Polk
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	35.6%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola	Polk
Drove alone	81.3%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	10.1%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola	Polk
1-unit, detached	83.1%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Osceola	Polk
Poverty rate	9.9%	11.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	15	25
Median year structure built	1962	1938