Atchison County vs Osage County

A side-by-side comparison of Atchison County and Osage County: population, income, housing, and more.

Atchison County and Osage County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atchison County has the higher population (16,211 vs 15,780 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($70,216 vs $62,164 in Atchison County). Atchison County has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $142,800 in Osage County).

Population, income & housing

	Atchison County	Osage County
Population	16,211	15,780
Median age	36.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,164	$70,216
Median home value	$147,900	$142,800
Median gross rent	$756	$810
Housing units	6,811	7,293
Homeownership rate	73.4%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atchison County	Osage County
Population	16,268 → 16,211 (-0.4%)	15,881 → 15,780 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$50,439 → $62,164 (+23.2%)	$54,090 → $70,216 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $147,900 (+34.0%)	$115,700 → $142,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $756 (+14.5%)	$716 → $810 (+13.1%)

Atchison County

Population

16,26816,211

Median household income

$50,439$62,164

Median home value

$110,400$147,900

Median gross rent

$660$756

Osage County

Population

15,88115,780

Median household income

$54,090$70,216

Median home value

$115,700$142,800

Median gross rent

$716$810

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atchison County	Osage County
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	16.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atchison County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atchison County	Osage County
No high school diploma	5.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	40.7%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atchison County	Osage County
Drove alone	78.0%	76.4%
Carpooled	7.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atchison County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	80.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Atchison County	Osage County
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1969	1974