Livingston County vs Osage County

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

Livingston 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.

Livingston County has the higher population (14,330 vs 13,379 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($75,355 vs $60,148 in Livingston County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $138,300 in Livingston County).

Population, income & housing

	Livingston County	Osage County
Population	14,330	13,379
Median age	39.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,148	$75,355
Median home value	$138,300	$205,700
Median gross rent	$747	$644
Housing units	6,376	6,490
Homeownership rate	68.5%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Livingston County	Osage County
Population	15,126 → 14,330 (-5.3%)	13,615 → 13,379 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$46,992 → $60,148 (+28.0%)	$61,687 → $75,355 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$111,500 → $138,300 (+24.0%)	$151,900 → $205,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $747 (+11.3%)	$535 → $644 (+20.4%)

Livingston County

Population

15,12614,330

Median household income

$46,992$60,148

Median home value

$111,500$138,300

Median gross rent

$671$747

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)

	Livingston County	Osage County
Under 5	5.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.5%
75 and over	9.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Livingston County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	97.0%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Livingston County	Osage County
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	43.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Livingston County	Osage County
Drove alone	84.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	1.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Livingston County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	81.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	5.4%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Livingston County	Osage County
Poverty rate	12.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1969	1979