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Osceola, IA

5,523 Population
7.3 square miles 760.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Clarke County: 37.9 ±1.9
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$38,928 ±$5,821 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Clarke County: $37,883 ±$3,470
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$68,284 ±$7,809 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Clarke County: $71,641 † ±$7,170
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

6.4% ±3.3% (343  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Clarke County: 9.7% † 923 (±2.8% / ±266)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

20.6 minutes ±3.1 (53,130  ±10,065) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Clarke County: 24.3 100,505 (±2.2 / ±12,178)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

2,581 ±177 Number of households
  • Clarke County: 4,071 ±200
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.1 ±0.1 (5,387  ±42) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Clarke County: 2.3 9,516 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

31.5% ±14.1% (317  ±153) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clarke County: 21.1% † 378 (±8.7% / ±158)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

2,947 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Clarke County: 4,522 ±34
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$146,300 ±$35,008 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Clarke County: $161,100 † ±$25,809
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

14.6% ±6.4% (780  ±343.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Clarke County: 11.2% † 1,052 (±3.9% / ±365.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

84.5% ±10.1% (3,103  ±437.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Clarke County: 89.3% 5,642 (±6.2% / ±466.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
14% ±4.9% (513  ±184.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Clarke County: 16% † 1,010 (±3.3% / ±211.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.7% ±5% (535  ±276) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Clarke County: 6.6% 638
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

6.4% ±3.6% (273  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Clarke County: 6.7% † 482 (±2.4% / ±172)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
273 Total veterans ±154 264 Male ±149 9 Female ±23

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