Fort Branch vs Owensville

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Branch and Owensville: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Branch and Owensville are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Branch has the higher population (3,412 vs 1,232 in Owensville). Fort Branch has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $57,438 in Owensville). Fort Branch has the higher median home value ($181,900 vs $114,800 in Owensville).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Branch	Owensville
Population	3,412	1,232
Median age	40.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$57,438
Median home value	$181,900	$114,800
Median gross rent	$911	$681
Housing units	1,736	584
Homeownership rate	75.1%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Branch	Owensville
Population	3,040 → 3,412 (+12.2%)	1,414 → 1,232 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$54,583 → $62,500 (+14.5%)	$53,150 → $57,438 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$113,800 → $181,900 (+59.8%)	$86,800 → $114,800 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $911 (+34.0%)	$595 → $681 (+14.5%)

Fort Branch

Population

3,0403,412

Median household income

$54,583$62,500

Median home value

$113,800$181,900

Median gross rent

$680$911

Owensville

Population

1,4141,232

Median household income

$53,150$57,438

Median home value

$86,800$114,800

Median gross rent

$595$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Branch	Owensville
Under 5	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	9.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	18.7%	17.5%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	5.9%
75 and over	4.0%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Branch	Owensville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Branch	Owensville
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	34.2%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Branch	Owensville
Drove alone	73.4%	87.2%
Carpooled	16.8%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Branch	Owensville
1-unit, detached	73.6%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Fort Branch	Owensville
Poverty rate	15.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.12	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1971	1975