| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:14 PM |
| Population: | 3,568 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20141 |
| Land Area: | 889 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 2 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.4212, -98.8014 |
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3,568 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 889 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,881 to 3,568 from 2014 to 2024 — a -8.1% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67623 (Alton, $102,933 median) and poorest ZIP 67651 (Natoma, $63,125) are 17.7 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.7× across this county — from $38,400 in 67651 (Natoma) to $103,200 in 67437 (Downs).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.9% bachelor's+ in 67623 (Alton) to 32.7% in 67437 (Downs) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #76 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #26 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $67,219 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (636 of 2,557 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Osborne County lost 8.1% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: