Mississippi County vs Osage County

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

Mississippi 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 12,079 in Mississippi County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($75,355 vs $46,258 in Mississippi County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($205,700 vs $100,300 in Mississippi County).

Population, income & housing

	Mississippi County	Osage County
Population	12,079	13,379
Median age	42.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,258	$75,355
Median home value	$100,300	$205,700
Median gross rent	$782	$644
Housing units	5,282	6,490
Homeownership rate	60.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mississippi County	Osage County
Population	13,574 → 12,079 (-11.0%)	13,615 → 13,379 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $46,258 (+30.8%)	$61,687 → $75,355 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$80,200 → $100,300 (+25.1%)	$151,900 → $205,700 (+35.4%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $782 (+27.6%)	$535 → $644 (+20.4%)

Mississippi County

Population

13,57412,079

Median household income

$35,357$46,258

Median home value

$80,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$613$782

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)

	Mississippi County	Osage County
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.0%	10.5%
75 and over	7.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mississippi County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	97.0%
Black or African American	22.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mississippi County	Osage County
No high school diploma	18.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	49.6%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mississippi County	Osage County
Drove alone	82.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	9.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.9%
Walked	3.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mississippi County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	74.3%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Mississippi County	Osage County
Poverty rate	23.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.34	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1974	1979