Owen township, Jackson County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 54.5 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population: 1,625 (all rural)
| Males: 825 |  (50.8%) |
| Females: 800 |  (49.2%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,625 (1,422 owner occupied, 203 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 12% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Owen township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.1%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.7%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
Median age of males: 36.3
Median age of females: 36.4
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Average household size: 2.69
| Owen township: | 2.7 people |
| Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.05
| Owen township: | $46,829 |
| Indiana: | $47,529 |
| Here: | $525 |
| State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $116,528 (it was $83,900 in 2000)
| : | $116,528 |
| Indiana: | $122,200 |
| Population density: 30 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 9.4% |
| Whole state: | 9.5% |
| This township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.2% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Owen township: Knobs Overlook (A), Owen - Salt Creek Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 1 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Owen township include: Liberty Church (A), Mount Zion Church (B), Mountain View Church (C), Shady Springs Tabernacle (D), Wrays Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Bower Cemetery (1), Bagwell Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Charles Collins Lake Dam (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Clear Spring Creek (A), Little Salt Creek (B), Bee Creek (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
72% of Owen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 86% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1629
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 25
- South: 53
- West: 13
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 448
- One, attached: 18
- Mobile homes: 224
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,700
Housing units in Owen township with a mortgage: 136 (19 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 58
- Construction (19%)
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Wood products (10%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (18%)
- Health care (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Owen township:
- United States or American (36.3%)
- German (27.7%)
- Irish (19.2%)
- English (3.7%)
- Danish (1.4%)
- Swedish (1.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 588 (75%)
- Carpooled: 126 (16%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 63 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (34%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Wood (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Utility gas (4%)
99.3% of residents of Owen township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,744- In family households: 1,604 (444 male householders, 85 female householders)
451 spouses, 580 children (486 natural, 28 adopted, 66 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 2 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 140 (68 male householders (62 living alone)), 60 female householders (53 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 248 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 86 4-persons, 59 5-persons, 28 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 115 1-person, 13 2-persons,
367 married couples with children.
58 single-parent households (27 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 6.0% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
| Here: | 25.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 26.9% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |