Newberry vs Owensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Newberry and Owensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Owensburg has the higher population (231 vs 118 in Newberry). Newberry has the higher median household income ($50,313 vs $39,940 in Owensburg). Since 2019, Newberry's population has grown faster (-40.7% vs -52.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Newberry	Owensburg
Population	118	231
Median age	33.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$39,940
Median home value	$83,600	—
Housing units	57	141
Homeownership rate	89.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newberry	Owensburg
Population	199 → 118 (-40.7%)	483 → 231 (-52.2%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $50,313 (+4.5%)	$64,474 → $39,940 (-38.1%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $83,600 (+39.3%)	$91,800 → $9,999 (-89.1%)

Newberry

Population

199118

Median household income

$48,125$50,313

Median home value

$60,000$83,600

Owensburg

Population

483231

Median household income

$64,474$39,940

Median home value

$91,800$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newberry	Owensburg
Under 5	11.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	3.5%
18 to 24	0.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	22.9%	22.9%
35 to 44	1.7%	22.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	20.3%	18.6%
65 to 74	11.9%	18.6%
75 and over	7.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newberry	Owensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newberry	Owensburg
No high school diploma	1.2%	4.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	47.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newberry	Owensburg
Drove alone	85.7%	51.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	48.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newberry	Owensburg
1-unit, detached	91.2%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	55.3%

Poverty & households

	Newberry	Owensburg
Poverty rate	22.8%	19.0%
Average household size	2.41	1.64
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1948	1977