Alsen vs Osnabrock

A side-by-side comparison of Alsen and Osnabrock: population, income, housing, and more.

Alsen and Osnabrock are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Osnabrock has the higher population (124 vs 27 in Alsen). Alsen has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $35,083 in Osnabrock). Since 2019, Alsen's population has grown faster (+42.1% vs -23.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Alsen	Osnabrock
Population	27	124
Median age	61.1 yrs	69.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,125	$35,083
Median home value	—	$50,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,094
Housing units	23	91
Homeownership rate	66.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsen	Osnabrock
Population	19 → 27 (+42.1%)	163 → 124 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$53,958 → $83,125 (+54.1%)	$36,500 → $35,083 (-3.9%)
Median home value	—	$56,000 → $50,600 (-9.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $1,094 (+75.0%)

Alsen

Population

1927

Median household income

$53,958$83,125

Osnabrock

Population

163124

Median household income

$36,500$35,083

Median home value

$56,000$50,600

Median gross rent

$625$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsen	Osnabrock
Under 5	0.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	22.2%	0.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	5.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.2%
55 to 64	33.3%	21.0%
65 to 74	22.2%	34.7%
75 and over	0.0%	29.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsen	Osnabrock
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	75.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	9.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsen	Osnabrock
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	42.1%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsen	Osnabrock
Drove alone	42.9%	88.2%
Carpooled	28.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.1%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsen	Osnabrock
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Alsen	Osnabrock
Poverty rate	0.0%	19.4%
Average household size	2.25	1.33
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1968	1962