Osceola vs Shelby

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

Osceola and Shelby 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 709 in Shelby). Osceola has the higher median household income ($85,673 vs $75,795 in Shelby). Osceola has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $112,200 in Shelby).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola	Shelby
Population	867	709
Median age	41.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,673	$75,795
Median home value	$143,800	$112,200
Median gross rent	$611	$521
Housing units	355	272
Homeownership rate	70.7%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola	Shelby
Population	924 → 867 (-6.2%)	752 → 709 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $85,673 (+45.2%)	$73,472 → $75,795 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $143,800 (+60.3%)	$94,000 → $112,200 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $611 (+8.5%)	$596 → $521 (-12.6%)

Osceola

Population

924867

Median household income

$59,000$85,673

Median home value

$89,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$563$611

Shelby

Population

752709

Median household income

$73,472$75,795

Median home value

$94,000$112,200

Median gross rent

$596$521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola	Shelby
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	10.4%
75 and over	9.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola	Shelby
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	83.9%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola	Shelby
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola	Shelby
Drove alone	81.3%	66.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	25.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola	Shelby
1-unit, detached	83.1%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Osceola	Shelby
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	15	34
Median year structure built	1962	1963