How Cowan works: jobs, income and commuting
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Indiana 11%). Hardly any stay in Cowan for work; outside it, Muncie is the main destination (31%, 6 miles). The trip to work takes 49 minutes on average, where Indiana has 24 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cowan by day and by night
On a workday 16 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 73 people are in Cowan on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Cowan commutes to
Where Cowan clocks in
31% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The trip to work from Cowan: about 49 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cowan workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Short hops and long hauls from Cowan
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cowan: questions
What is the median household income in Cowan?
$107,031 (±$91,246) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cowan?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cowan?
49 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cowan work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muncie (31%, 6 mi), Center Township (19%, 6 mi), Monroe Township (13%, 1 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cowan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cowan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cowan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.