City · Osborne County, Kansas

Osborne, Kansas

Osborne is a city in Osborne County, Kansas. It has 1,358 residents. Osborne, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 61 out of 100 (high), ranking #6,094 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #81 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), social associations (high) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), average weekly wage (low) and restaurants and bars (low).

61High

Quality-of-life score: #6,094 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #81 of 202 in KS
Population: 1,358 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 882.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2053325

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety77#3,664/15,637
Economy55#6,973/15,631
Housing89#1,659/14,977
Health52#7,528/15,609
Healthcare28#11,318/15,650
Environment49#7,925/15,453
Education60#6,228/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,793/15,650
Community77#3,588/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,677/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Osborne, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Osborne County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent-burdened households · low12.0%
100/100Kansas 43.5%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Social associations · high40.8 /10k
100/100Kansas 13.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOsborne County value
Pharmacies · high6.1 /10k
100/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOsborne County value
Students per teacher · low8.5×
100/100Kansas 13.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsOsborne County value
Grocery stores · high6.1 /10k
100/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOsborne County value
Public libraries · high6.0 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOsborne County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low15.0%
0/100Kansas 46.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOsborne County value
Average weekly wage · low$811
1/100Kansas $1,216United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOsborne County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.0 /10k
2/100Kansas 7.9 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOsborne County value
Distance to an airport · high141 mi
3/100Kansas 51 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOsborne County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kansas 4.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOsborne County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Kansas 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOsborne County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,575 (2015-2019) → 1,358 (2020-2024)
−14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
47.4% (2015-2019) → 12.0% (2020-2024)
−35 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
33.2% (2015-2019) → 5.9% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.9% (2015-2019) → 87.5% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
18.0% (2015-2019) → 9.3% (2020-2024)
−8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Average commute timeWorsening
10.8 min (2015-2019) → 13.7 min (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Osborne, Kansas improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Inequality−0.0960.475 → 0.379
Broadband+19 points68.9% → 87.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Osborne, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.8 min2015-2019	13.7 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Within the margin of error	21%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Broadband subscriptions	68.9%2015-2019	87.5%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	2.20%2015-2019	1.61%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	94%
High school diploma or higher	93.4%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.6×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	79%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4752015-2019	0.3792020-2024	−0.096	Improved	95%
Median household income	$41,0232015-2019	$51,7762020-2024	+26%	Within the margin of error	47%
Poverty rate	18.0%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	−8.6 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	25.5%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2015-2019	8.7%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	29%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Osborne, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Osborne, Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Osborne, Kansas itself moved +9.2 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,358 residents (±151)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

641 households (±78)

Osborne, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k17%†108
$25k–50k31%199
$50k–75k18%†116

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

641 households (±78)

Osborne, Kansas
Kansas share

Own70%450
Rent30%191

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

699 workers (±116)

Osborne, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone84%586
Carpool5.3%†37
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Osborne County, the county holding most of Osborne's residents.

Osborne County has 134 employer establishments, 392 for every 10,000 residents (1.58× the US rate of 248; 1.52× Kansas's), with 993 paid employees at an average annual pay of $40,764. The Census Bureau also counts 323 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 134; 323 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 392; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 993
Average annual pay: $40,764; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Osborne County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	14	40.9	7.38×More than typical	25	$11,840	—
Ambulatory health care services	8	23.4	1.12×Too few to compare	46	$34,957	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	14.6	2.90×Too few to compare	6	$43,333	6
Banks and credit unions	5	14.6	4.53×Too few to compare	37	$46,081	—
Gasoline stations	5	14.6	4.51×Too few to compare	43	$26,837	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	5	14.6	3.33×Too few to compare	13	$36,077	7
Specialty trade contractors	5	14.6	0.94×Too few to compare	14	$40,071	28
Truck transportation	5	14.6	2.89×Too few to compare	56	$34,536	7
Restaurants and other eating places	4	11.7	0.64×Too few to compare	25	$11,120	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	3	8.8	2.16×Too few to compare	15	$46,467	—
Offices of other health practitioners	3	8.8	1.44×Too few to compare	11	$23,000	6
Veterinary services	3	8.8	8.61×Too few to compare	13	$30,846	—

Rank places for an industry Open Osborne County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,420 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Osborne is mostly in Osborne County.

See federal money in Osborne County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Osborne, Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tracey MannR-KS-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Osborne County66100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Osborne County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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