Osceola vs Stromsburg

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

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

Stromsburg has the higher population (1,007 vs 867 in Osceola). Osceola has the higher median household income ($85,673 vs $61,182 in Stromsburg). Stromsburg has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $143,800 in Osceola).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola	Stromsburg
Population	867	1,007
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$85,673	$61,182
Median home value	$143,800	$159,100
Median gross rent	$611	$831
Housing units	355	476
Homeownership rate	70.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola	Stromsburg
Population	924 → 867 (-6.2%)	1,082 → 1,007 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $85,673 (+45.2%)	$61,635 → $61,182 (-0.7%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $143,800 (+60.3%)	$87,300 → $159,100 (+82.2%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $611 (+8.5%)	$588 → $831 (+41.3%)

Osceola

Population

924867

Median household income

$59,000$85,673

Median home value

$89,700$143,800

Median gross rent

$563$611

Stromsburg

Population

1,0821,007

Median household income

$61,635$61,182

Median home value

$87,300$159,100

Median gross rent

$588$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola	Stromsburg
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	9.7%
75 and over	9.8%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola	Stromsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
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%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola	Stromsburg
No high school diploma	4.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	35.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola	Stromsburg
Drove alone	81.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola	Stromsburg
1-unit, detached	83.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Osceola	Stromsburg
Poverty rate	9.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1962	1952