Osborne County vs Smith County

A side-by-side comparison of Osborne County and Smith County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smith County has the higher population (3,579 vs 3,473 in Osborne County). Osborne County has the higher median household income ($59,408 vs $57,024 in Smith County). Smith County has the higher median home value ($91,000 vs $84,700 in Osborne County).

Population, income & housing

	Osborne County	Smith County
Population	3,473	3,579
Median age	46.8 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,408	$57,024
Median home value	$84,700	$91,000
Median gross rent	$591	$601
Housing units	2,027	2,023
Homeownership rate	76.4%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osborne County	Smith County
Population	3,530 → 3,473 (-1.6%)	3,627 → 3,579 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$51,286 → $59,408 (+15.8%)	$43,429 → $57,024 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $84,700 (+22.8%)	$70,200 → $91,000 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$535 → $591 (+10.5%)	$473 → $601 (+27.1%)

Osborne County

Population

3,5303,473

Median household income

$51,286$59,408

Median home value

$69,000$84,700

Median gross rent

$535$591

Smith County

Population

3,6273,579

Median household income

$43,429$57,024

Median home value

$70,200$91,000

Median gross rent

$473$601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osborne County	Smith County
Under 5	6.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	15.8%
75 and over	13.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osborne County	Smith County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osborne County	Smith County
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	30.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osborne County	Smith County
Drove alone	77.5%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	6.1%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osborne County	Smith County
1-unit, detached	89.4%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Osborne County	Smith County
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1951	1954