What is the population of Ossian town?

Ossian town has 3,342 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #167 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Ossian town?

Median household income in Ossian town is $67,641 a year, 13.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ossian town?

Median gross rent is $896 a month and the median home value is $184,000, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.

Is Ossian town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ossian town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ossian, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ossian, Indiana (Ossian, IN — Census place “Ossian town”) is 3,342 residents, ranking #167 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $67,641, the median home is worth $184,000 and median gross rent runs $896 a month. Looking for the Ossian Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ossian, IN: 46777.

Population: 3,342Ossian town residents
Median household income: $67,641Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $184,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $896Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.2%Owner-occupied households

Ossian ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ossian.

The Ossian IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

46777

What the numbers mean in Ossian town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ossian town median would spend about 15.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.9% of residents and 67.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ossian town, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ossian town is a small town in Indiana, with 3,342 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #167 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 36.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Ossian town earn a median of $67,641 a year, 13.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% above the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 6.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ossian town is valued at $184,000, 39.4% below the national figure and 26% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $896 a month, 36.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,752 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ossian town?: Ossian town has 3,342 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #167 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Ossian town?: Median household income in Ossian town is $67,641 a year, 13.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ossian town?: Median gross rent is $896 a month and the median home value is $184,000, so rent absorbs about 15.9% of median household income.
Is Ossian town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ossian town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ossian town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.