Another notable thing is that Osage Beach is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the city experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller city.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Osage Beach has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Osage Beach has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Osage Beach than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Osage Beach may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.08 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small city, Osage Beach doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Osage Beach who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.73% of adults in Osage Beach have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Osage Beach in 2022 was $32,224, which is upper middle income relative to Missouri, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,896 for a family of four. However, Osage Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Osage Beach is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Osage Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Osage Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Osage Beach include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Osage Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
