Osceola County vs Ringgold County

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

Osceola County and Ringgold 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 4,664 in Ringgold County). Ringgold County has the higher median household income ($69,821 vs $69,138 in Osceola County). Ringgold County has the higher median home value ($150,300 vs $123,800 in Osceola County).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
Population	6,114	4,664
Median age	43.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,138	$69,821
Median home value	$123,800	$150,300
Median gross rent	$796	$745
Housing units	2,867	2,676
Homeownership rate	78.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
Population	6,052 → 6,114 (+1.0%)	4,964 → 4,664 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$59,725 → $69,138 (+15.8%)	$55,271 → $69,821 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $123,800 (+32.1%)	$98,700 → $150,300 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $796 (+24.6%)	$667 → $745 (+11.7%)

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

Ringgold County

Population

4,9644,664

Median household income

$55,271$69,821

Median home value

$98,700$150,300

Median gross rent

$667$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.8%
75 and over	10.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
No high school diploma	14.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	36.2%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
Drove alone	74.7%	72.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	7.2%	6.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
1-unit, detached	86.4%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Osceola County	Ringgold County
Poverty rate	16.3%	9.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1954	1972