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Jobs & commute in Owen Township

Owen Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

0% of workers have no commute at all, against 11% across Indiana. Owen Township has 16 jobs for 240 working residents. Hardly any work in Owen Township itself; outside it, Evansville draws the most (22%, 22 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Where Owen Township stands out on work

Owen Township is a place people come home to

There are 16 jobs based in Owen Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Owen Township has about 440 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Owen Township’s biggest commute is a long one

The top workplace outside Owen Township is Evansville, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 22% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓

Few Owen Township workers work from home

Only 0% 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

Owen Township by day and by night

On a workday 239 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.

239live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night660
Workday440
660live here− 240head out to work+ 15come in to work= 440on a workday

About 440 people are in Owen Township on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.07jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

How far

Where in the region Owen Township works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEvansville: 22% · 22.2 miBoonville: 15% · 9.3 miPatoka Township: 6% · 25.8 miOhio Township: 6% · 15.8 miAnderson Township: 4% · 16.4 miHuntingburg: 3% · 15.9 miBoon Township: 3% · 9.3 miIndianapolis: 3% · 125.4 miScott Township: 3% · 19.1 miFerdinand: 2% · 18.2 miEvansville 22%Boonville 15%Patoka Township 6%Ohio Township 6%Anderson Township 4%Owen Township
Owen TownshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
21%Under 10 mi49 residents
54%10–24 mi128 residents
11%25–50 mi26 residents
14%Over 50 mi34 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Time on the road

A commute of about 28 minutes in Owen Township

A year of commuting
213 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Owen Township28 min
Indiana24 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Owen Township workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Owen Township gets to work
89%Drive alone
11%Carpool

Share of the 285 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.

The commute map

Where people from Owen Township work

Ferdinand: 5 residents work here (2%)ChandlerHuntingburg: 8 residents work here (3%)Boonville: 36 residents work here (15%)HighlandBedfordEvansville: 53 residents work here (22%)Hart TownshipPigeon TownshipLane TownshipPatoka Township: 15 residents work here (6%)Scott Township: 6 residents work here (3%)Boon Township: 7 residents work here (3%)Skelton TownshipAnderson Township: 9 residents work here (4%)Ohio Township: 15 residents work here (6%)Owen TownshipIndianapolis: 7 residents work here (3%)EvansvilleBoonvillePatoka TownshipOhio TownshipAnderson TownshipHuntingburgOwen Township
1
Evansville22.2 mi away
22%53
2
Boonville9.3 mi away
15%36
3
Patoka Township25.8 mi away
6%15
4
Ohio Township15.8 mi away
6%15
5
Anderson Township16.4 mi away
4%9
6
Huntingburg15.9 mi away
3%8
7
Boon Township9.3 mi away
3%7
8
Indianapolis125.4 mi away
3%7
9
Scott Township19.1 mi away
3%6
10
Ferdinand18.2 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
33%79
The top trips

Where Owen Township clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

A place that makes things: 44% of Owen Township’s jobs are in goods

Jobs based in Owen TownshipJobs Owen Township residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms44%32%
Trade, transport & utilities0%18%
Services: health, schools, offices56%51%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less31%18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month44%28%
Over $3,333 a month25%54%

Who does it

29 or younger31%26%
30 to 5431%50%
55 and older38%24%
+220%

Jobs based in Owen Township, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 16. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owen Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Owen Township

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Hart Township25 min
Skelton Township27 min
Owen Township28 min
Pigeon Township31 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownOwen Township workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Owen Township–——28 min$77,917
Lane Townshipunder 3%————
Skelton Townshipunder 3%C+D−27 min$84,375
Hart Townshipunder 3%BB−25 min$62,875
Pigeon Townshipunder 3%C+B−31 min$115,852

Same-state neighbors only. Lane 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.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Owen Township: questions

What is the median household income in Owen Township?

$77,917 (±$50,043) (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?

28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Owen Township work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Evansville (22%, 22 mi), Boonville (15%, 9 mi), Patoka Township (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Owen Township without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% 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.

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Beyond the commute

More of Owen Township

Owen Township home →

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.