Madison County vs Osage County

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

Madison 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.

Osage County has the higher population (13,379 vs 12,665 in Madison County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($75,355 vs $58,435 in Madison County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $155,900 in Madison County).

Population, income & housing

	Madison County	Osage County
Population	12,665	13,379
Median age	41.4 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,435	$75,355
Median home value	$155,900	$205,700
Median gross rent	$817	$644
Housing units	5,853	6,490
Homeownership rate	75.4%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madison County	Osage County
Population	12,179 → 12,665 (+4.0%)	13,615 → 13,379 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$43,636 → $58,435 (+33.9%)	$61,687 → $75,355 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$106,100 → $155,900 (+46.9%)	$151,900 → $205,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $817 (+34.6%)	$535 → $644 (+20.4%)

Madison County

Population

12,17912,665

Median household income

$43,636$58,435

Median home value

$106,100$155,900

Median gross rent

$607$817

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)

	Madison County	Osage County
Under 5	5.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	8.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madison County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madison County	Osage County
No high school diploma	11.9%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.9%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madison County	Osage County
Drove alone	75.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	13.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madison County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	75.6%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Madison County	Osage County
Poverty rate	14.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1977	1979