Photo: Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) · Public domainOwen Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 56 jobs in Owen Township, and 337 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Owen Township; the top destination outside it is Frankfort (31%, 8 miles). Working from home is the commute for 1% of workers (Indiana 11%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Owen Township and work: the main findings
Owen Township is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Owen Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Owen Township has about 640 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
31% of Owen Township works in Frankfort
105 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Frankfort, 8.1 miles away. That’s 31 times as many as work in Owen Township itself. The commute map ↓
Few Owen Township workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 11% across Indiana. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 337 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Owen Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 335 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Owen Township on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Owen Township goes to work
Where Owen Township clocks in
31% of workers
9% 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.
From Owen Township, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Owen Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 575 commuters (the 1% 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.
A place that makes things: 36% of Owen Township’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Owen Township, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 56. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Owen Township commutes
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.
Next door to Owen Township
The biggest share goes to Ross Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Owen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Township | – | — | — | 25 min | $134,274 |
| Union Township | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Ross Township | 2% | B | C | 22 min | $85,857 |
| Democrat Township | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Warren Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Union Township, Democrat Township and Warren Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Owen Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Owen Township: questions
What is the median household income in Owen Township?
$134,274 (±$75,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Owen Township?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Owen Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Owen Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frankfort (31%, 8 mi), Lafayette (17%, 18 mi), Indianapolis (9%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Owen Township 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 Owen Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Owen Township
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.