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Population (year 2000): 481. Estimated
population in July 2005: 496 (+3.1% change)
Males: 224 (46.6%), Females: 257 (53.4%)
Pike County
Zip code:
39657
Median resident age: 34.9 years
Median household income: $17,813 (year 2000)
Median house value: $43,300 (year 2000)
Races in Osyka:
- White Non-Hispanic (53.0%)
- Black (44.9%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (7.5%), United States (6.9%),
English (6.2%), Irish (4.4%), French (2.1%), Scotch-Irish
(2.1%).
Elevation: 245 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Osyka
- High school or higher: 70.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.1%
- Unemployed: 10.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Osyka town
- Never married: 32.3%
- Now married: 44.2%
- Separated: 3.0%
- Widowed: 12.2%
- Divorced: 8.3%
0.2% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +43 (+9.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Osyka:
- S PIKE HOSP ASSC DBA BEACHAM MEMORIAL (about 8
miles; MAGNOLIA, MS)
- SW MISSISSIPPI GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 13 miles;
MCCOMB, MS)
- HOOD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; AMITE, LA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Osyka:
- BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN, RYAN FIELD (about 57
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; ID: BTR)
- HARDY-ANDERS FIELD NATCHEZ-ADAMS COUNTY (about 70
miles; NATCHEZ, MS; ID: HEZ)
- LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL (about 72 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; ID: MSY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Osyka:
- MC COMB/PIKE COUNTY/JOHN E LEWIS FIELD (about 11
miles; MC COMB, MS; ID: MCB)
- PAUL PITTMAN MEMORIAL (about 23 miles; TYLERTOWN,
MS; ID: T36)
- FRANKLINTON (about 29 miles; FRANKLINTON, LA; ID:
2R7)
Amtrak station near Osyka:
- 17 miles: MCCOMB (114 N.W. RAILROAD BLVD.).
Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Osyka:
- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles;
HAMMOND, LA; Full-time enrollment: 12,549)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A & M COLLEGE (about 61
miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 8,399)
- PEARL RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles;
POPLARVILLE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,433)
- LOUISIANA STATE UNIV & AG & MECH & HEBERT LAWS CTR
(about 65 miles; BATON ROUGE, LA; FT enrollment: 28,696)
- ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles; ALCORN
STATE, MS; FT enrollment: 2,594)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS (about 73 miles; NEW
ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 12,442)
- SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS (about 75 miles;
NEW ORLEANS, LA; FT enrollment: 3,217)
Public primary/middle school in Osyka:
- OSYKA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 260;
Location: 444 AMITE STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
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