Owensburg has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 15 jobs in Owensburg, against 87 working residents. Hardly any work in Owensburg itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (16%, 20 miles). 0% of workers work from home, where Indiana as a whole has 11%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Owensburg
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Owensburg on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Owensburg to work: where people go
Where Owensburg clocks in
16% of workers
16% 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.
The kinds of work in Owensburg
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Owensburg, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 15. 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 Owensburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Owensburg
of Owensburg workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 348 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.
Owensburg’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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 2024.
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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Owensburg: questions
What is the poverty rate in Owensburg?
11.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Owensburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (16%, 20 mi), Indianapolis (16%, 67 mi), Bedford (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Owensburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Owensburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Owensburg
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.