Owensville vs Patoka

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

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

Owensville has the higher population (1,232 vs 887 in Patoka). Patoka has the higher median household income ($61,136 vs $57,438 in Owensville). Owensville has the higher median home value ($114,800 vs $92,300 in Patoka).

Population, income & housing

	Owensville	Patoka
Population	1,232	887
Median age	40.7 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,438	$61,136
Median home value	$114,800	$92,300
Median gross rent	$681	$886
Housing units	584	403
Homeownership rate	74.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owensville	Patoka
Population	1,414 → 1,232 (-12.9%)	1,210 → 887 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$53,150 → $57,438 (+8.1%)	$40,068 → $61,136 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $114,800 (+32.3%)	$45,500 → $92,300 (+102.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $681 (+14.5%)	$700 → $886 (+26.6%)

Owensville

Population

1,4141,232

Median household income

$53,150$57,438

Median home value

$86,800$114,800

Median gross rent

$595$681

Patoka

Population

1,210887

Median household income

$40,068$61,136

Median home value

$45,500$92,300

Median gross rent

$700$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owensville	Patoka
Under 5	7.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	23.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	17.5%	16.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	7.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.4%
75 and over	13.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owensville	Patoka
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	3.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owensville	Patoka
No high school diploma	12.6%	15.4%
High school graduate	46.9%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owensville	Patoka
Drove alone	87.2%	83.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owensville	Patoka
1-unit, detached	67.3%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Owensville	Patoka
Poverty rate	6.7%	19.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1975	1971