Town · Owen County, Indiana

Gosport, Indiana

Gosport is a town in Owen County, Indiana, part of the Bloomington, IN metro area. It has 1,303 residents. Gosport, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,100 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #329 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), drought exposure (low) and drinking water violations (low). It ranks worst on job growth (low), dentists (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,100 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #329 of 353 in IN
Population: 1,303 (2020-2024)
Land area: 0 mi²
Density: 3,474.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 1828440

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety12#13,787/15,637
Economy31#10,764/15,631
Housing88#1,819/14,977
Health6#14,675/15,609
Healthcare6#14,652/15,650
Environment28#11,056/15,453
Education45#8,599/15,649
Infrastructure38#9,690/15,650
Community31#10,760/15,651
Leisure & amenities4#14,961/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Gosport, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Owen County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
94/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Drought exposure · low2%
89/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAOwen County value
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Indiana 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwen County value
Unemployment rate · low2.4%
77/100Indiana 3.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Public libraries · high0.9 /10k
74/100Indiana 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOwen County value
Math scores · high3.19
72/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwen County value

Weaknesses

Job growth · low-5.4%
1/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataOwen County value
Dentists · low14 /100k
2/100Indiana 61 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwen County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Indiana 3.2 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOwen County value
Primary care physicians · low19 /100k
4/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwen County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Indiana 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOwen County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low38.8%
5/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwen County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
834 (2015-2019) → 1,303 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.5% (2015-2019) → 91.4% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,452 (2015-2019) → $59,886 (2020-2024)
+38%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
14.0% (2015-2019) → 6.9% (2020-2024)
−7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
89.5% (2015-2019) → 95.3% (2020-2024)
+5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateImproving
6.1% (2015-2019) → 2.4% (2020-2024)
−3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Gosport, Indiana improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Gosport, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.5 min2015-2019	34.2 min2020-2024	+2.7 min	Within the margin of error	22%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Broadband subscriptions	83.5%2015-2019	91.4%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	0.52%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	95.3%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.0×	Within the margin of error	80%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3952015-2019	0.3962020-2024	+0.001	Within the margin of error	50%
Median household income	$43,4522015-2019	$59,8862020-2024	+38%	Within the margin of error	70%
Poverty rate	15.7%2015-2019	13.1%2020-2024	−2.6 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	26.7%2015-2019	26.3%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Rent-burdened households	41.8%2015-2019	41.0%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Gosport, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Gosport, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Gosport, Indiana itself moved −0.5 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,303 residents (±448)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 women (−5.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,303 residents (±448)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

White99%†1,291
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.5%†7

Education

948 residents (±338)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma4.7%†45
High school or GED66%†629
Some college15%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

431 households (±106)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k23%†97
$25k–50k23%†98
$50k–75k25%†106
$75k–100k10.0%†43
$100k–150k11%†47
$150k–200k7.7%†33
$200k or more1.6%†7

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

431 households (±106)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

Own57%†244
Rent43%†187

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

182 households (±62)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75022%†40
$750–1,00037%†67
$1,000–1,50041%†75

Home values

244 homes (±89)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k63%†154
$150k–250k27%†67
$250k–400k9.4%†23

Age of homes

502 homes (±113)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later0.8%†4
2000–200913%†66
1980–199936%†179

Size of homes

502 homes (±113)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom6.4%†32
2 bedrooms41%207

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

515 workers (±165)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone84%†433
Carpool0.8%†4
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.7%†14
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†64
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

451 workers (±144)

Gosport, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min12%†55
15–29 min33%†150
30–44 min28%†125

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Bloomington, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Owen County, the county holding most of Gosport's residents.

Owen County has 344 employer establishments, 159 for every 10,000 residents (0.64× the US rate of 248; 0.70× Indiana's), with 4,050 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,664. The Census Bureau also counts 1,483 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 344; 1,483 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 159; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 4,050
Average annual pay: $45,664; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Owen County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	44	20.4	1.32×More than typical	151	$48,000	205
Restaurants and other eating places	25	11.6	0.63×Fewer than typical	315	$19,644	4
Building equipment contractors	21	9.7	1.62×More than typical	84	$52,679	22
Ambulatory health care services	14	6.5	0.31×Fewer than typical	138	$52,790	41
Automotive repair and maintenance	14	6.5	1.29×More than typical	33	$30,727	45
Limited-service restaurants	14	6.5	0.81×About typical	234	$19,239	—
Religious organizations	14	6.5	1.17×About typical	59	$12,983	—
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	12	5.6	1.68×More than typical	48	$57,750	12
Truck transportation	11	5.1	1.01×About typical	38	$49,211	36
Construction of buildings	10	4.6	0.61×Fewer than typical	26	$41,615	96
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	9	4.2	1.68×Too few to compare	36	$45,917	6
Full-service restaurants	9	4.2	0.54×Too few to compare	67	$24,015	4

Rank places for an industry Open Owen County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 21,587 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Gosport is mostly in Owen County.

See federal money in Owen County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Gosport, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mark B. MessmerR-IN-8 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Owen County25100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bloomington, IN64

Other cities and towns in Owen County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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