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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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