Oakland City vs Owensville

A side-by-side comparison of Oakland City and Owensville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakland City has the higher population (2,635 vs 1,232 in Owensville). Owensville has the higher median household income ($57,438 vs $48,750 in Oakland City). Owensville has the higher median home value ($114,800 vs $102,000 in Oakland City).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland City	Owensville
Population	2,635	1,232
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$57,438
Median home value	$102,000	$114,800
Median gross rent	$883	$681
Housing units	1,141	584
Homeownership rate	59.4%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland City	Owensville
Population	2,576 → 2,635 (+2.3%)	1,414 → 1,232 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $48,750 (+18.2%)	$53,150 → $57,438 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $102,000 (+47.8%)	$86,800 → $114,800 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $883 (+31.0%)	$595 → $681 (+14.5%)

Oakland City

Population

2,5762,635

Median household income

$41,250$48,750

Median home value

$69,000$102,000

Median gross rent

$674$883

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)

	Oakland City	Owensville
Under 5	3.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	15.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	11.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	5.9%
75 and over	11.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland City	Owensville
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland City	Owensville
No high school diploma	17.8%	12.6%
High school graduate	34.5%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland City	Owensville
Drove alone	72.4%	87.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland City	Owensville
1-unit, detached	82.6%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Oakland City	Owensville
Poverty rate	14.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1947	1975