Evansville vs Owensboro
Evansville, IN compared with Owensboro, KY · 28 miles apart
Evansville has 116,176 residents to Owensboro’s 60,892. Evansville comes out ahead on poverty rate, unemployment, price to income. Owensboro does better on median household income, median rent, homeownership.
| Evansville, IN | Owensboro, KY | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 116,176 | 60,892 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 2,453 | 2,857 |
| Median household income | $53,387 | $56,357 |
| Median home value | $143,100 | $178,900 |
| Median rent | $975 | $905 |
| Homeownership | 54.6% | 57.4% |
| Average commute | 18.3 min | 17.1 min |
| Median age | 38.2 | 37.5 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 22.8% | 26.1% |
| Poverty rate | 18.4% | 18.9% |
| Unemployment | 5.1% | 5.3% |
| Price to income | 2.7× | 3.2× |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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