Bryan County vs Osage County

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

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

Bryan County has the higher population (47,237 vs 45,963 in Osage County). Osage County has the higher median household income ($60,482 vs $54,280 in Bryan County). Osage County has the higher median home value ($172,300 vs $163,700 in Bryan County).

Population, income & housing

	Bryan County	Osage County
Population	47,237	45,963
Median age	36.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,280	$60,482
Median home value	$163,700	$172,300
Median gross rent	$914	$786
Housing units	20,605	19,801
Homeownership rate	63.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bryan County	Osage County
Population	46,457 → 47,237 (+1.7%)	47,226 → 45,963 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$44,212 → $54,280 (+22.8%)	$49,103 → $60,482 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $163,700 (+39.4%)	$118,600 → $172,300 (+45.3%)
Median gross rent	$743 → $914 (+23.0%)	$715 → $786 (+9.9%)

Bryan County

Population

46,45747,237

Median household income

$44,212$54,280

Median home value

$117,400$163,700

Median gross rent

$743$914

Osage County

Population

47,22645,963

Median household income

$49,103$60,482

Median home value

$118,600$172,300

Median gross rent

$715$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bryan County	Osage County
Under 5	6.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.4%
75 and over	7.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bryan County	Osage County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	62.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	10.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.4%	10.6%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.9%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bryan County	Osage County
No high school diploma	12.4%	10.4%
High school graduate	34.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bryan County	Osage County
Drove alone	80.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.7%	7.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bryan County	Osage County
1-unit, detached	67.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Bryan County	Osage County
Poverty rate	17.4%	12.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1988	1980