What is the population of Osceola city?

Osceola city has 5,495 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #73 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Osceola city?

Median household income in Osceola city is $62,363 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Osceola city?

Median gross rent is $832 a month and the median home value is $145,300, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.

Is Osceola city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Osceola city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Osceola, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Osceola, Iowa (Osceola, IA — Census place “Osceola city”) is 5,495 residents, ranking #73 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $62,363, the median home is worth $145,300 and median gross rent runs $832 a month. Looking for the Osceola Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Osceola, IA: 50213.

Population: 5,495Osceola city residents
Median household income: $62,363Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $145,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $832Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56%Owner-occupied households

Osceola ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Osceola.

The Osceola IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

50213

What the numbers mean in Osceola city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Osceola city median would spend about 16% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.3% of residents and 56% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Osceola city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Osceola city is a mid-size town in Iowa, with 5,495 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #73 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Osceola city earn a median of $62,363 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 15.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Osceola city is valued at $145,300, 52.1% below the national figure and 7% below the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $832 a month, 40.8% below the national figure, or roughly $9,984 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 56% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Osceola city?: Osceola city has 5,495 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #73 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Osceola city?: Median household income in Osceola city is $62,363 a year, 20.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Osceola city?: Median gross rent is $832 a month and the median home value is $145,300, so rent absorbs about 16% of median household income.
Is Osceola city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Osceola city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Osceola city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.