Osceola County vs Seminole County

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

Osceola County and Seminole County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Seminole County has the higher population (474,912 vs 406,943 in Osceola County). Seminole County has the higher median household income ($83,030 vs $68,711 in Osceola County). Seminole County has the higher median home value ($357,300 vs $317,600 in Osceola County).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola County	Seminole County
Population	406,943	474,912
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,711	$83,030
Median home value	$317,600	$357,300
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,686
Housing units	164,195	197,167
Homeownership rate	66.2%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola County	Seminole County
Population	351,955 → 406,943 (+15.6%)	461,402 → 474,912 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$52,279 → $68,711 (+31.4%)	$66,768 → $83,030 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$201,000 → $317,600 (+58.0%)	$242,600 → $357,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,651 (+34.4%)	$1,242 → $1,686 (+35.7%)

Osceola County

Population

351,955406,943

Median household income

$52,279$68,711

Median home value

$201,000$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,651

Seminole County

Population

461,402474,912

Median household income

$66,768$83,030

Median home value

$242,600$357,300

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola County	Seminole County
Under 5	6.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola County	Seminole County
White (non-Hispanic)	28.5%	56.1%
Black or African American	9.6%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	55.0%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola County	Seminole County
No high school diploma	11.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	28.4%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola County	Seminole County
Drove alone	72.6%	69.8%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.9%	19.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola County	Seminole County
1-unit, detached	60.0%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	14.0%
20 or more units	6.2%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Osceola County	Seminole County
Poverty rate	12.5%	9.2%
Average household size	3.08	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	2001	1988