Osage County, KS
Demographic and economic profile of Osage County, KS, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.
AI Overview
Osage County is a small, largely residential county of 15,780 people situated within commuting distance of larger employment centers, reflected in a mean commute time of 29.0 minutes and a labor force participation rate of 61.9%. The workforce skews older (median age 42.9) with modest educational attainment—21.0% hold a bachelor's degree or higher—and median worker earnings of $40,358, though unemployment sits low at 2.5%. Housing costs remain well below national norms at a median home value of $142,800 and median rent of $810/month, with an 82.4% homeownership rate, even as the county posted a slight population decline of 0.6% over the past five years.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page
Population Growth (5-year)
-0.6% since 2018
Osage County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.
Demographics
Race & Ethnicity
- White Alone14,600 (92.7%)
- Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races464 (2.9%)
- Two Races Including Some Other Race445 (2.8%)
- Some Other Race Alone122 (0.8%)
- American Indian & Alaska Native Alone46 (0.3%)
- Black or African American Alone44 (0.3%)
Top Languages Spoken at Home
- 1.German or other West Germanic139
- 2.Spanish130
- 3.Other Indo-European18
- 4.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)12
- 5.Other Asian and Pacific Island6
Economy
Cost of Living Index
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Top Industries
- 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance1,925
- 2.Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities914
- 3.Retail Trade (Group)880
- 4.Manufacturing (Group)712
- 5.Construction (Group)645
Top Occupations
- 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations2,607
- 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations1,440
- 3.Sales & Office Occupations1,373
- 4.Service Occupations1,249
- 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations959
Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)
- 1.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.87×)825
- 2.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.86×)224
- 3.Public Administration (LQ 1.52×)543
- 4.Construction (LQ 1.33×)694
- 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.03×)1,815
Housing
Education
Workforce
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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.