Neosho County vs Osage County

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

Neosho 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 15,715 in Neosho County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($70,216 vs $55,704 in Neosho County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($142,800 vs $101,200 in Neosho County).

Population, income & housing

	Neosho County	Osage County
Population	15,715	15,780
Median age	40.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,704	$70,216
Median home value	$101,200	$142,800
Median gross rent	$650	$810
Housing units	7,227	7,293
Homeownership rate	76.6%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neosho County	Osage County
Population	16,108 → 15,715 (-2.4%)	15,881 → 15,780 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$46,291 → $55,704 (+20.3%)	$54,090 → $70,216 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $101,200 (+23.4%)	$115,700 → $142,800 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $650 (+9.2%)	$716 → $810 (+13.1%)

Neosho County

Population

16,10815,715

Median household income

$46,291$55,704

Median home value

$82,000$101,200

Median gross rent

$595$650

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)

	Neosho County	Osage County
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.7%
75 and over	8.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neosho County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	92.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neosho County	Osage County
No high school diploma	7.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neosho County	Osage County
Drove alone	76.7%	76.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neosho County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	83.5%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Neosho County	Osage County
Poverty rate	15.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1960	1974