Adams County vs Osceola County

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

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

Osceola County has the higher population (6,114 vs 3,641 in Adams County). Osceola County has the higher median household income ($69,138 vs $68,828 in Adams County). Osceola County has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $116,900 in Adams County).

Population, income & housing

	Adams County	Osceola County
Population	3,641	6,114
Median age	46.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,828	$69,138
Median home value	$116,900	$123,800
Median gross rent	$909	$796
Housing units	1,892	2,867
Homeownership rate	76.7%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams County	Osceola County
Population	3,670 → 3,641 (-0.8%)	6,052 → 6,114 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$49,255 → $68,828 (+39.7%)	$59,725 → $69,138 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $116,900 (+33.6%)	$93,700 → $123,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$549 → $909 (+65.6%)	$639 → $796 (+24.6%)

Adams County

Population

3,6703,641

Median household income

$49,255$68,828

Median home value

$87,500$116,900

Median gross rent

$549$909

Osceola County

Population

6,0526,114

Median household income

$59,725$69,138

Median home value

$93,700$123,800

Median gross rent

$639$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams County	Osceola County
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.6%
75 and over	11.3%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams County	Osceola County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams County	Osceola County
No high school diploma	7.4%	14.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams County	Osceola County
Drove alone	75.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams County	Osceola County
1-unit, detached	83.8%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Adams County	Osceola County
Poverty rate	9.5%	16.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1954	1954