Owen TownshipIN
A town of 1,630.
Is Owen Township a good place to live?
The best of Owen Township’s subject grades is an A for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for walkability. 95% of households own their home in Owen Township, against 76% in Indiana’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Only 7 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Owen Township. Only 83 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score lower on civic life. The biggest park or preserve is Hoosier National Forest, at 160 acres. Owen Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Owen Township for work
Where Owen Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Owen Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Owen Township is from typical.
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Moving to Owen Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Owen Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Owen Township.
Owen Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Owen Township for work: only 1% work in town. Owen Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes, where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Owen Township grew to 120 in 2023, 76 more than in 2013.
| Owen Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Owen Township
Owen Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 22° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Owen Township is less healthy than 60% of U.S. towns
Owen Township beats the Indiana average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 39% of adults have high blood pressure in Owen Township.
| Owen Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 37% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Owen Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.7% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 18% of residents (23% statewide). Owen Township has grown 3.2% since 2020, to 1,630 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Owen Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 22% | 29% |
| Median age | 41 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 30% and 74% women
The Census survey reached too few of Owen Township’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±22 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Owen Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 2.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.5% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 24.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 6.8% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.1% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.9% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Owen Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hoosier National Forest | — | 160 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Owen Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Owen Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Owen Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Owen Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Owen Township is one of twelve townships in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,588 and it contained 667 housing units. It was named for the local Owen family of pioneer settlers.
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- Area
- 55 sq mi
- Elevation
- 863 ft
Owen Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Owen Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
| Brownstown Township | #172 | A− | A+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Carr Township | — | — | A+ | — | C | C |
| Pleasant Run Township | — | — | A− | — | B | C+ |
| Salt Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pershing Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | C+ |
Owen Township, Carr Township, Pleasant Run Township and Pershing Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Owen Township, Brownstown Township, Carr Township, Pleasant Run Township and Pershing Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Salt Creek Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Owen Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Owen Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Owen Township, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.