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Population (year 2000): 1,652
Males: 829  (50.2%)
Females: 823  (49.8%)

Tipton County

Median resident age:  26.9 years
Indiana median age:  35.2 years

Zip codes: .


Estimated median household income in 2005: $45,500 (it was $45,000 in 2000)
Grissom AFB  $45,500
Indiana:  $43,993

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $98,900 (it was $87,500 in 2000)
Grissom AFB  $98,900
Indiana:  $114,400

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Races in Grissom AFB:

  • White Non-Hispanic (85.6%)
  • Black (7.6%)
  • Hispanic (3.1%)
  • Two or more races (3.0%)
  • American Indian (1.5%)
  • Other race (1.5%)

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Ancestries: German (26.2%), United States (11.4%), Irish (9.1%), English (7.3%), French (3.3%), Welsh (2.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 901 feet

Land area: 4.20 square miles.

Population density: 394 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Grissom AFB

  • High school or higher: 90.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
  • Unemployed: 2.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Grissom AFB CDP

  • Never married: 24.6%
  • Now married: 57.2%
  • Separated: 3.9%
  • Widowed: 0.6%
  • Divorced: 13.8%

20 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.2%
Indiana:  3.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Grissom AFB:  0.6% ($484)
Indiana:  0.9% ($868)
Grissom AFB satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Anderson, IN (51.1 miles , pop. 59,734).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Indianapolis, IN (60.8 miles , pop. 781,870).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (132.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Onward, IN (3.2 miles) , Bunker Hill, IN (3.7 miles ), Walton, IN (6.0 miles ), Galveston, IN (6.9 miles ), Peru, IN (8.5 miles ), Mexico, IN (10.7 miles ), Kokomo, IN (13.1 miles ), Denver, IN (14.5 miles ).

Latitude: 40.67 N, Longitude: 86.15 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 765

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Most common industries for males:



  • Public administration (22%)
  • Transportation equipment (13%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Construction (5%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
  • Utilities (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (14%)
  • Health care (11%)
  • Transportation equipment (11%)
  • Social assistance (11%)
  • Food and beverage stores (8%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
  • Educational services (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Law enforcement workers including supervisors (12%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cashiers (13%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)


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Grissom AFB-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Indiana state average. It is 146% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 24.2 miles away from the Grissom AFB place center injured 44 people.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 24.3 miles away from the place center killed 25 people and injured 835 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Grissom AFB:
  • DUKES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; PERU, IN)
  • HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSP OF KOK (about 12 miles; KOKOMO, IN)
  • SCCI HOSPITAL OF KOKOMO (about 12 miles; KOKOMO, IN)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Grissom AFB:
  • GRISSOM ARB (about 3 miles; PERU, IN; ID: GUS)
  • ANDERSON MUNICIPAL-DARLINGTON FIELD (about 55 miles; ANDERSON, IN; ID: AID)
  • PURDUE UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; LAFAYETTE, IN; ID: LAF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Grissom AFB:
  • PERU MUNI (about 8 miles; PERU, IN; ID: I76)
  • GALVESTON (about 9 miles; GALVESTON, IN; ID: 5I6)
  • KOKOMO MUNI (about 13 miles; KOKOMO, IN; ID: OKK)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Grissom AFB:
  • INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; MARION, IN; Full-time enrollment: 6,684)
  • ANDERSON UNIVERSITY (about 51 miles; ANDERSON, IN; FT enrollment: 2,116)
  • PURDUE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 56 miles; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; FT enrollment: 36,407)
  • BUTLER UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 3,721)
  • BALL STATE UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; MUNCIE, IN; FT enrollment: 17,039)
  • INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-INDIANAPOLIS (about 62 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 19,818)
  • IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-CENTRAL INDIANA (about 63 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 3,397)

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Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
Indiana:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  74.2%
Whole state:  68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  8.8%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  8.9%
Whole state:  9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  3.8%
Whole state:  4.2%

Grissom AFB compared to Indiana state average:
  • Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage above state average.


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6.19% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,156 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.19%
Indiana average:  6.54%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Howard County, IN  1.91% ($35,154 average AGI)
from Hamilton County, IN  1.21% ($31,333)
from Madison County, IN  0.70% ($34,111)


7.20% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,688 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.20%
Indiana average:  6.56%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Howard County, IN  2.00% ($38,708 average AGI)
to Hamilton County, IN  1.19% ($43,558)
to Madison County, IN  0.77% ($26,900)


Strongest AM radio stations in Grissom AFB:
  • WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WIOU (1350 AM; 5 kW; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WARU (1600 AM; daytime; 1 kW; PERU, IN; Owner: MIAMI COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSAL (1230 AM; 1 kW; LOGANSPORT, IN; Owner: LOGANSPORT RADIO CORP)
  • WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Grissom AFB:
  • WFRR (93.7 FM; WALTON, IN; Owner: CHRISTIAN FRIENDS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WMYK (98.5 FM; PERU, IN; Owner: MIAMI COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WIWC (91.7 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • WWKI (100.5 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WLHM (102.3 FM; LOGANSPORT, IN; Owner: LOGANSPORT RADIO CORP)
  • WZWZ (92.5 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GRP OF KOKOMO, INC)
  • WARU-FM (101.9 FM; ROANN, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WHZR (103.7 FM; ROYAL CENTER, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP OF)
  • WSHW (99.7 FM; FRANKFORT, IN; Owner: KASPAR BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WKUZ (95.9 FM; WABASH, IN; Owner: UPPER WABASH BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WJOT-FM (105.9 FM; WABASH, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO OF WABASH, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Grissom AFB:
  • WTTK (Channel 29; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: TRIBUNE BROADCAST HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WKGK-LP (Channel 48; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: KINGDOM OF GOD MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WNDY-TV (Channel 23; MARION, IN; Owner: UPN STATIONS GROUP INC.)
  • WLFI-TV (Channel 18; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PRIMELAND TELEVISION, INC.)

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