City · Camden County, Missouri

Osage Beach, Missouri

Osage Beach is a city in Camden County, Missouri. It has 4,905 residents. Osage Beach, Missouri has a quality-of-life score of 52 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,441 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Missouri it ranks #130 of 375 cities and towns. It ranks best on restaurants and bars (high), arts, entertainment and recreation (high) and rent-burdened households (low). It ranks worst on broadband subscriptions (low), average weekly wage (low) and home price to income ratio (high).

52Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,441 of 15,651 cities and towns
Missouri: #130 of 375 in MO
Population: 4,905 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 498.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 2955244

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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.

Safety66#5,264/15,637
Economy39#9,603/15,631
Housing86#2,126/14,977
Health30#10,921/15,609
Healthcare21#12,319/15,650
Environment45#8,438/15,453
Education63#5,849/15,649
Infrastructure17#13,032/15,650
Community71#4,573/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,903/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Osage Beach, Missouri ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Camden 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

Restaurants and bars · high23.2 /10k
99/100Missouri 8.6 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCamden County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high12.7 /10k
97/100Missouri 4.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCamden County value
Rent-burdened households · low29.9%
97/100Missouri 45.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Missouri 7.7 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataCamden County value
Rent as share of income · low26.8%
90/100Missouri 28.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Average commute time · low17.7 min
89/100Missouri 23.5 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Broadband subscriptions · low80.2%
5/100Missouri 89.3%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Average weekly wage · low$928
8/100Missouri $1,278United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCamden County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.3×
10/100Missouri 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Traffic deaths · high26.1 /100k
11/100Missouri 16.2 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCamden County value
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
11/100Missouri 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCamden County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high18.2%
12/100Missouri 9.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
46.8% (2015-2019) → 19.1% (2020-2024)
−28 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
53.6% (2015-2019) → 29.9% (2020-2024)
−24 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
28.6% (2015-2019) → 12.8% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
13.8 /1k (2021) → 3.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−73%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$39,137 (2015-2019) → $55,994 (2020-2024)
+43%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
86.3% (2015-2019) → 80.2% (2020-2024)
−6.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Osage Beach, Missouri improved on 4 of 14 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.

Improved4

Child poverty−28 points46.8% → 19.1%
Poverty−16 points28.6% → 12.8%
Rent burden−24 points53.6% → 29.9%
Household income+43%$39,137 → $55,994

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Osage Beach, Missouri between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.9 min2015-2019	17.7 min2020-2024	+0.9 min	Within the margin of error	37%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Broadband subscriptions	86.3%2015-2019	80.2%2020-2024	−6.1 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Child poverty rate	46.8%2015-2019	19.1%2020-2024	−28 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
High school diploma or higher	86.1%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Home price to income ratio	6.1×2015-2019	6.3×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	67%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4872015-2019	0.4682020-2024	−0.019	Within the margin of error	67%
Median household income	$39,1372015-2019	$55,9942020-2024	+43%	Improved	78%
Poverty rate	28.6%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	−16 points	Improved	98%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.6%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	−4.8 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent-burdened households	53.6%2015-2019	29.9%2020-2024	−24 points	Improved	96%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.1%2015-2019	18.2%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	13%

“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 Osage Beach, Missouri five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Osage Beach, Missouri 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, Osage Beach, Missouri itself moved +5.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

4,905 residents (±165)

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

2,267 households (±189)

Osage Beach, Missouri
Missouri share

Under $25k21%†486
$25k–50k23%†529
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,267 households (±189)

Osage Beach, Missouri
Missouri share

Own64%1,440
Rent36%827

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

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,154 workers (±257)

Osage Beach, Missouri
Missouri share

Drive alone70%1,503
Carpool13%†287
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 Camden County, the county holding most of Osage Beach's residents.

Camden County has 1,566 employer establishments, 355 for every 10,000 residents (1.43× the US rate of 248; 1.45× Missouri's), with 15,509 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,543. The Census Bureau also counts 4,503 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,566; 4,503 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 355; US 248 · Missouri 244
Paid employees: 15,509
Average annual pay: $47,543; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	137	31.1	2.01×More than typical	795	$111,111	431
Restaurants and other eating places	130	29.5	1.60×More than typical	2,242	$27,635	16
Lessors of real estate	100	22.7	1.84×More than typical	317	$37,669	706
Construction of buildings	90	20.4	2.70×More than typical	354	$49,390	292
Ambulatory health care services	88	19.9	0.96×About typical	824	$108,164	107
Full-service restaurants	87	19.7	2.57×More than typical	1,548	$31,795	8
Real estate agents and brokers	58	13.1	2.70×More than typical	91	$45,934	262
Building equipment contractors	57	12.9	2.15×More than typical	235	$51,536	75
Services to buildings and dwellings	55	12.5	1.85×More than typical	250	$41,124	381
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	39	8.8	3.32×More than typical	363	$34,972	37
Clothing and accessories stores	39	8.8	2.44×More than typical	308	$20,679	41
Other amusement and recreation industries	36	8.2	3.37×More than typical	344	$33,919	36

Rank places for an industry Open Camden County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 44,119 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Osage Beach, Missouri: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

38.4KFY2017
52.5KFY2018
175.1KFY2019
272.3KFY2020
334.2KFY2021
1.2MFY2022
885.7KFY2023
809.4KFY2024
-516.5FY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Osage Beach, Missouri, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Camden 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.

Osage Beach, Missouri is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

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

Other cities and towns in Camden 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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