Dent County vs Osage County

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

Dent 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.

Dent County has the higher population (14,506 vs 13,379 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($75,355 vs $54,306 in Dent County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $149,700 in Dent County).

Population, income & housing

	Dent County	Osage County
Population	14,506	13,379
Median age	43.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,306	$75,355
Median home value	$149,700	$205,700
Median gross rent	$615	$644
Housing units	6,834	6,490
Homeownership rate	76.8%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dent County	Osage County
Population	15,545 → 14,506 (-6.7%)	13,615 → 13,379 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$42,100 → $54,306 (+29.0%)	$61,687 → $75,355 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$102,600 → $149,700 (+45.9%)	$151,900 → $205,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $615 (+14.5%)	$535 → $644 (+20.4%)

Dent County

Population

15,54514,506

Median household income

$42,100$54,306

Median home value

$102,600$149,700

Median gross rent

$537$615

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)

	Dent County	Osage County
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.4%	10.5%
75 and over	9.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dent County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dent County	Osage County
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dent County	Osage County
Drove alone	82.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dent County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	70.5%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Dent County	Osage County
Poverty rate	14.3%	10.1%
Average household size	2.52	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1979	1979