Ida County vs Osceola County

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

Ida 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.

Ida County has the higher population (6,944 vs 6,114 in Osceola County). Osceola County has the higher median household income ($69,138 vs $62,841 in Ida County). Osceola County has the higher median home value ($123,800 vs $108,800 in Ida County).

Population, income & housing

	Ida County	Osceola County
Population	6,944	6,114
Median age	42.3 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,841	$69,138
Median home value	$108,800	$123,800
Median gross rent	$669	$796
Housing units	3,365	2,867
Homeownership rate	77.6%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ida County	Osceola County
Population	6,901 → 6,944 (+0.6%)	6,052 → 6,114 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$58,427 → $62,841 (+7.6%)	$59,725 → $69,138 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$100,900 → $108,800 (+7.8%)	$93,700 → $123,800 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $669 (+25.8%)	$639 → $796 (+24.6%)

Ida County

Population

6,9016,944

Median household income

$58,427$62,841

Median home value

$100,900$108,800

Median gross rent

$532$669

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)

	Ida County	Osceola County
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	11.6%
75 and over	9.9%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ida County	Osceola County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ida County	Osceola County
No high school diploma	6.6%	14.4%
High school graduate	38.2%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	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)

	Ida County	Osceola County
Drove alone	81.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.7%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.2%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ida County	Osceola County
1-unit, detached	85.9%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	6.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ida County	Osceola County
Poverty rate	10.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1952	1954