Fulton County vs Owen County

A side-by-side comparison of Fulton County and Owen County: population, income, housing, and more.

Fulton County and Owen County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Owen County has the higher population (21,434 vs 20,411 in Fulton County). Fulton County has the higher median household income ($62,878 vs $59,586 in Owen County). Owen County has the higher median home value ($162,400 vs $144,700 in Fulton County).

Population, income & housing

	Fulton County	Owen County
Population	20,411	21,434
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,878	$59,586
Median home value	$144,700	$162,400
Median gross rent	$861	$912
Housing units	9,564	9,868
Homeownership rate	78.1%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fulton County	Owen County
Population	20,096 → 20,411 (+1.6%)	20,835 → 21,434 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$52,034 → $62,878 (+20.8%)	$49,543 → $59,586 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $144,700 (+39.7%)	$117,600 → $162,400 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $861 (+24.8%)	$696 → $912 (+31.0%)

Fulton County

Population

20,09620,411

Median household income

$52,034$62,878

Median home value

$103,600$144,700

Median gross rent

$690$861

Owen County

Population

20,83521,434

Median household income

$49,543$59,586

Median home value

$117,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$696$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fulton County	Owen County
Under 5	5.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	12.9%
75 and over	8.2%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fulton County	Owen County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fulton County	Owen County
No high school diploma	12.7%	13.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fulton County	Owen County
Drove alone	77.8%	79.9%
Carpooled	14.6%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	9.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fulton County	Owen County
1-unit, detached	78.3%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Fulton County	Owen County
Poverty rate	12.6%	11.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1970	1979