Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	1,212	71	5.4%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	3,742	69	16.7%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	1,714	68	7.7%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	6,073	68	27.1%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	6,408	64	28.6%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	3,226	68	14.4%	12.8%
Median Age	40.2			Median Age = 36.7

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	91	43	0.4%	0.3%
Asian Alone	58	72	0.3%	1.4%
Black Alone	112	73	0.5%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	4	65	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	21,912	68	97.9%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	198	60	0.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	22,135	67	98.9%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	240	74	1.1%	5.2%

Source: US Census Bureau

Household Types	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Households in 2000 (Includes detail not shown below)	8,282	68	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	2,145	69	25.9%	23.8%
Married Without Children	3,015	65	36.4%	29.8%
Single Parents	637	67	7.7%	9.1%
Living Alone	1,766	73	21.3%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2008 (estimate)	10,539	67	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	9,853	66	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	6,759 $84,600	66 51	68.6% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	1,523 $455	74 52	15.5% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	3,130	72	0.3%	1,154,826
Public	3,121	72	0.3%	1,045,702
Private	9	93	0.0%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	166	82	0.3%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	131	84	0.2%	52,698
4-year	59	88	0.2%	38,566
2-year	49	58	0.5%	9,783
Voc/tech.	23	85	0.5%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	14,384	68	0.4%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	74.9%	82		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	9.2%	83		19.4%

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; US Census Bureau
Notes: 1) Private enrollment includes home schools. 2) County rankings for high-school graduates continuing to higher education are subject to revision.

Income and Poverty	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Per Capita Personal Income (annual) in 2007	$25,357	86	76.3%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$42,291	70	89.2%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	13.1%	26	106.5%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	21.1%	18	123.4%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	88	59	0.2%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	2,620	53	0.4%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	1,208	69	0.3%	436,945

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration;
Indiana Department of Education

Health and Vital Statistics in 2005	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Births	247	70	0.3%	87,088
Births to Teens	31	67	0.3%	9,604
Deaths	208	72	0.4%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	11,386	66	0.4%	3,230,367
Employed	10,655	66	0.4%	3,039,795
Unemployed	731	64	0.4%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	6.4	36	108.5%	5.9
September 2009 Unemployment Rate	8.1	71	88.0%	9.2

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2007 (NAICS)	Employment	Pct Dist. in County	Earnings ($000)	Pct Dist. In County	Avg. Earnings Per Job
Total by place of work	7,785	100.0%	$235,356	100.0%	$30,232
Wage and Salary	5,520	70.9%	$162,080	68.9%	$29,362
Farm Proprietors	585	7.5%	$1,925	0.8%	$3,291
Nonfarm Proprietors	1,680	21.6%	$25,899	11.0%	$15,416
Farm	638	8.2%	$2,941	1.2%	$4,610
Nonfarm	7,147	91.8%	$232,415	98.8%	$32,519
Private	6,180	79.4%	$195,411	83.0%	$31,620
Accommodation, Food Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Arts, Ent., Recreation	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Construction	489	6.3%	$9,531	4.0%	$19,491
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Manufacturing	2,025	26.0%	$99,512	42.3%	$49,142
Professional, Tech. Serv.	173	2.2%	$4,628	2.0%	$26,751
Retail Trade	587	7.5%	$12,139	5.2%	$20,680
Trans., Warehousing	260	3.3%	$7,228	3.1%	$27,800
Wholesale Trade	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Other Private (not above)	783*	10.1%*	$12,425*	5.3%*	$15,868*
Government	967	12.4%	$37,004	15.7%	$38,267

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Residential Building Permits in 2008	Units	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State	Cost ($000)	State Cost ($000)
Total Permits Filed	50	100.0%	100.0%	$7,974	$2,470,264
Single Family	50	100.0%	70.8%	$7,974	$2,136,514
Two Family	0	0.0%	1.9%	$0	$28,170
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	1.2%	$0	$18,059
Five families and More	0	0.0%	26.0%	$0	$287,521

Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding.

Commuting Patterns - Top 5 in 2007
Into Owen FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Owen TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	1,285	12.9%	All Areas	5,438	38.6%
Monroe County	514	5.2%	Monroe County	2,310	16.4%
Greene County	318	3.2%	Marion County	1,214	8.6%
Clay County	91	0.9%	Putnam County	713	5.1%
Morgan County	82	0.8%	Morgan County	216	1.5%
Putnam County	54	0.5%	Hendricks County	194	1.4%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue