
Kansas · Census place 53325
Osborne, KS population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Osborne, Kansas (Osborne, KS — Census place “Osborne city”) is 1,496 residents, ranking #152 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $48,333, the median home is worth $82,100 and median gross rent runs $580 a month. Looking for the Osborne Kansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Osborne, KS: 67473.
- Population
- 1,496Osborne city residents
- Median household income
- $48,333Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $82,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $580Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 66.6%Owner-occupied households
Osborne ZIP codes (Kansas)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Osborne.
The Osborne KS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Osborne city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Osborne city median would spend about 14.4% 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 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.1% of residents and 66.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Osborne city, KS in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Osborne city is a small town in Kansas, with 1,496 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #152 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 44 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Osborne city earn a median of $48,333 a year, 38.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 24% below the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 17.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Osborne city is valued at $82,100, 72.9% below the national figure and 37% below the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $580 a month, 58.7% below the national figure, or roughly $6,960 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.4% 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 1.7×, 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. 66.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Kansas.
- Belle Plaine city 1,486
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- Wathena city 1,463
- Stockton city 1,521
- Leoti city 1,461
- Douglass city 1,523
- Caney city 1,450
- Hill City city 1,536
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Osborne city?
- Osborne city has 1,496 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #152 of 740 in Kansas.
- What is the median household income in Osborne city?
- Median household income in Osborne city is $48,333 a year, 38.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Osborne city?
- Median gross rent is $580 a month and the median home value is $82,100, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.
- Is Osborne city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Osborne city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Osborne city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.