Audubon County vs Osceola County

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

Audubon 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 5,622 in Audubon County). Osceola County has the higher median household income ($69,138 vs $54,152 in Audubon County). Osceola County has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $110,400 in Audubon County).

Population, income & housing

	Audubon County	Osceola County
Population	5,622	6,114
Median age	47.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,152	$69,138
Median home value	$110,400	$123,800
Median gross rent	$707	$796
Housing units	2,786	2,867
Homeownership rate	76.4%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Audubon County	Osceola County
Population	5,571 → 5,622 (+0.9%)	6,052 → 6,114 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$52,055 → $54,152 (+4.0%)	$59,725 → $69,138 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $110,400 (+38.9%)	$93,700 → $123,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $707 (+21.5%)	$639 → $796 (+24.6%)

Audubon County

Population

5,5715,622

Median household income

$52,055$54,152

Median home value

$79,500$110,400

Median gross rent

$582$707

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)

	Audubon County	Osceola County
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.6%
75 and over	11.7%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Audubon County	Osceola County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Audubon County	Osceola County
No high school diploma	8.0%	14.4%
High school graduate	36.2%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Audubon County	Osceola County
Drove alone	81.6%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.8%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Audubon County	Osceola County
1-unit, detached	92.6%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Audubon County	Osceola County
Poverty rate	11.8%	16.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1950	1954