Owensville vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (8,347 vs 1,232 in Owensville). Owensville has the higher median household income ($57,438 vs $57,234 in Princeton). Princeton has the higher median home value ($117,100 vs $114,800 in Owensville).

Population, income & housing

	Owensville	Princeton
Population	1,232	8,347
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,438	$57,234
Median home value	$114,800	$117,100
Median gross rent	$681	$892
Housing units	584	3,947
Homeownership rate	74.3%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Owensville	Princeton
Population	1,414 → 1,232 (-12.9%)	8,684 → 8,347 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$53,150 → $57,438 (+8.1%)	$47,091 → $57,234 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $114,800 (+32.3%)	$96,900 → $117,100 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $681 (+14.5%)	$626 → $892 (+42.5%)

Owensville

Population

1,4141,232

Median household income

$53,150$57,438

Median home value

$86,800$114,800

Median gross rent

$595$681

Princeton

Population

8,6848,347

Median household income

$47,091$57,234

Median home value

$96,900$117,100

Median gross rent

$626$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Owensville	Princeton
Under 5	7.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.5%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.3%
75 and over	13.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Owensville	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Owensville	Princeton
No high school diploma	12.6%	14.7%
High school graduate	46.9%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Owensville	Princeton
Drove alone	87.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Owensville	Princeton
1-unit, detached	67.3%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	6.5%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Owensville	Princeton
Poverty rate	6.7%	14.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1975	1971