Owen Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. Employers in Owen Township report 7 jobs, against 385 working residents. The two grades for Owen Township are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Owen Township apart on work
Owen Township is a place people come home to
There are 7 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 640 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Owen Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 31 minutes). 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 385 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Owen Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Owen Township is better than 26% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Owen Township’s grade up (9.2%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($57,439, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Owen Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Owen Township could be anywhere from D to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Owen Township
On a workday 384 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Owen Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Each way, about 44 minutes from Owen Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 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 388 commuters (the 8% 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.
19% of working residents work in Jeffersonville
Where Owen Township clocks in
19% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 57% of the jobs in Owen Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Owen Township, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 7. 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.
Where in the region Owen Township works
About 23% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
For most of Owen Township, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Owen Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Owen Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 423 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Owen Township households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Owen Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Owen Township is 1,894th among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 53 | Ogden Dunes IN | 1,163 | $117K | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
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| 84 | Campbell Township IN | 1,172 | $122K | 0.0% | 7.1% | 1% | A |
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| 124 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
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| 1,892 | Dahlgren Township IL | 1,124 | $67K | 9.4% | 11.1% | 9% | C |
| 1,893 | Roseville Township IL | 1,116 | $59K | 9.3% | 3.1% | 5% | C |
| 1,894 | Owen Township IN | 1,021 | $57K | 9.2% | 3.6% | <1% | C |
| 1,895 | Pelahatchie MS | 1,324 | $56K | 15.0% | 4.0% | 7% | C |
| 1,896 | Oakland NE | 1,337 | $69K | 10.9% | 0.0% | 19% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Owen Township, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Owen Township
The biggest share goes to Charlestown Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Owen Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen Township | – | C | D− | 44 min | $57,439 |
| Charlestown Township | 2% | B+ | C | 25 min | $92,021 |
| Bethlehem Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Washington Township | under 2% | B+ | D− | 31 min | $88,250 |
| Oregon Township | under 2% | A | D− | 30 min | $90,918 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bethlehem 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?
$57,439 (±$23,860) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Owen Township?
9.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Owen Township?
44 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Owen Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jeffersonville (19%, 14 mi), Louisville (9%, 22 mi), Indianapolis (7%, 95 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Owen Township walkable?
Owen Township is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 1.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Owen Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.