Bourbon County vs Osage County

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

Bourbon 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.

Osage County has the higher population (15,780 vs 14,384 in Bourbon County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($70,216 vs $67,555 in Bourbon County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $107,600 in Bourbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Bourbon County	Osage County
Population	14,384	15,780
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,555	$70,216
Median home value	$107,600	$142,800
Median gross rent	$784	$810
Housing units	6,768	7,293
Homeownership rate	72.9%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourbon County	Osage County
Population	14,608 → 14,384 (-1.5%)	15,881 → 15,780 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$43,917 → $67,555 (+53.8%)	$54,090 → $70,216 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $107,600 (+30.1%)	$115,700 → $142,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $784 (+21.0%)	$716 → $810 (+13.1%)

Bourbon County

Population

14,60814,384

Median household income

$43,917$67,555

Median home value

$82,700$107,600

Median gross rent

$648$784

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)

	Bourbon County	Osage County
Under 5	6.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.7%
75 and over	7.9%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourbon County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourbon County	Osage County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.4%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourbon County	Osage County
Drove alone	71.5%	76.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourbon County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	80.4%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Bourbon County	Osage County
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1958	1974