Cedar County vs Osage County

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

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

Cedar County has the higher population (14,440 vs 13,379 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($75,355 vs $45,577 in Cedar County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $162,500 in Cedar County).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar County	Osage County
Population	14,440	13,379
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,577	$75,355
Median home value	$162,500	$205,700
Median gross rent	$783	$644
Housing units	6,964	6,490
Homeownership rate	73.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar County	Osage County
Population	14,043 → 14,440 (+2.8%)	13,615 → 13,379 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$39,365 → $45,577 (+15.8%)	$61,687 → $75,355 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $162,500 (+64.3%)	$151,900 → $205,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $783 (+27.9%)	$535 → $644 (+20.4%)

Cedar County

Population

14,04314,440

Median household income

$39,365$45,577

Median home value

$98,900$162,500

Median gross rent

$612$783

Osage County

Population

13,61513,379

Median household income

$61,687$75,355

Median home value

$151,900$205,700

Median gross rent

$535$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar County	Osage County
Under 5	7.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.5%
75 and over	10.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar County	Osage County
No high school diploma	11.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	40.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar County	Osage County
Drove alone	76.5%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	1.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.9%
Other means	2.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	75.0%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Cedar County	Osage County
Poverty rate	17.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1979	1979