Osborne County, Kansas

Osborne County has a population of 3,452 and has shrunk 5.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $86,400, about 1.4 times the county's median household income of $63,011.

Home price
$86,400
Income
$63,011
Population
3,452
Unemployment
1.6%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$86,400county
Median gross rent$595county
Median year homes here were built1952county
Share of homes built before 198086.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile5.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant22.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use6.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,380(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$877county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$668county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,108county
Home insurance / yr$5,260(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.8(statewide)
Median household income$63,011county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate8.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home4.2%county
Unemployment rate1.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed13.0%county
Share of workers employed by government18.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.3%county
Economic output per resident$53,235county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.70%county
Top state income tax5.58%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.58%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.71%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time13.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service51 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15002county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station78 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.3%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher23.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.9%county
Public schools in the county5county
Public school enrollment593county
Students per full-time teacher8.9county
Free lunch eligible54.6%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools0county
High schools0county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution51 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians29county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.2%county
Frequent mental distress15.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population3,452county
Land area in square miles893county
People per square mile of land3.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store30.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-5.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age46.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over26.8%county
Share of households that are one person37.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.6%county
Second languages1.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents543county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-13county
Households that moved in46county
Households that moved away93county
Average income of arriving households$47,522county
Average income of departing households$57,376county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year0county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings40.3%(statewide)
Violent crime rate439(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation25.2 incounty
Annual snowfall17.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.56 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F58 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing114 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days155 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 5county
Average first fall frostOct 7county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$118county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh14.2¢county
Household electricity use862 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity11.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas65.1%county
Homes heated by propane19.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood3.2%county
Households with broadband84.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk18.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk79.6county
Landslide risk12.8county
Hail risk94.0county
Earthquake risk13.5county
Tornado risk33.3county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk10.3county
Winter weather risk49.4county
Strong wind risk61.3county
Wildfire risk52.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Osborne County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Kansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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