Dickinson County vs Osage County

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

Dickinson 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.

Dickinson County has the higher population (18,423 vs 15,780 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($70,216 vs $67,982 in Dickinson County). Dickinson County has the higher median home value ($148,500 vs $142,800 in Osage County).

Population, income & housing

	Dickinson County	Osage County
Population	18,423	15,780
Median age	42.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,982	$70,216
Median home value	$148,500	$142,800
Median gross rent	$809	$810
Housing units	8,793	7,293
Homeownership rate	79.1%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickinson County	Osage County
Population	18,828 → 18,423 (-2.2%)	15,881 → 15,780 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$49,991 → $67,982 (+36.0%)	$54,090 → $70,216 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$114,700 → $148,500 (+29.5%)	$115,700 → $142,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $809 (+17.8%)	$716 → $810 (+13.1%)

Dickinson County

Population

18,82818,423

Median household income

$49,991$67,982

Median home value

$114,700$148,500

Median gross rent

$687$809

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)

	Dickinson County	Osage County
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.7%
75 and over	9.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickinson County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickinson County	Osage County
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickinson County	Osage County
Drove alone	79.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickinson County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	88.5%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Dickinson County	Osage County
Poverty rate	8.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.28	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1956	1974