Osage vs Star City

A side-by-side comparison of Osage and Star City: population, income, housing, and more.

Osage and Star City are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Star City has the higher population (1,894 vs 26 in Osage). Since 2019, Star City's population has grown faster (-12.3% vs -84.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Osage	Star City
Population	26	1,894
Median age	—	33.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$62,031
Median home value	—	$256,800
Median gross rent	—	$989
Housing units	26	947
Homeownership rate	100.0%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	—	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osage	Star City
Population	170 → 26 (-84.7%)	2,160 → 1,894 (-12.3%)
Median household income	—	$45,199 → $62,031 (+37.2%)
Median home value	—	$164,400 → $256,800 (+56.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$809 → $989 (+22.2%)

Osage

Population

17026

Star City

Population

2,1601,894

Median household income

$45,199$62,031

Median home value

$164,400$256,800

Median gross rent

$809$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osage	Star City
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	7.4%
75 and over	100.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osage	Star City
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	100.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osage	Star City
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	100.0%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	27.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osage	Star City
Drove alone	—	66.2%
Carpooled	—	13.5%
Public transit	—	1.4%
Walked	—	2.2%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	16.0%
Other means	—	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osage	Star City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	36.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Osage	Star City
Poverty rate	100.0%	15.7%
Average household size	—	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	—	1988