37.1% were non-families. 35.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.21 and the average family size was 2.87. In the town, the population was spread out, with 21.9% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.4 males. The median income for a household in the town was $34,667, and the median income for a family was $42,813. Males had a median income of $31,438 versus $20,833 for females. The per capita income for the town was $20,020. About 8.7% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.1% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. Education Odon is served by the North Daviess Junior-Senior High School. The town has a free lending library, the Odon Winkelpleck Public Library. Notable people Joe Dawson (racing driver) - winner of second Indianapolis 500 Herb Henderson - football player, coach, and official. Became the 86th inductee to the Indiana Football Hall of Fame on November 30, 1979. John Poindexter - National Security Advisor in 1985 and director of DARPA for much of 2003. Convicted of multiple felonies in the Iran–Contra affair, convictions were reversed upon appeal. Frank Douglas Garrett (born 1944) - university dean, speaker, author, All Marine Basketball 1964–66, JUCO All American Basketball, 1967–69; honored by town of Odon at Old Settler's 2006 References Communities of Southwestern Indiana Towns in Daviess County, Indiana Towns in Indiana 1880 establishments in Indiana Populated places established in 1880