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Howard County

Population in 2010: 3,011. Population change since 2000: -8.0%
Males: 1,470  (48.8%)
Females: 1,541  (51.2%)

Median resident age:  35.2 years
Indiana median age:  39.9 years

Zip codes: 46902.

Estimated median household income in 2009: $42,012 (it was $45,444 in 2000)
Indian Heights:

$42,012
Indiana:

$45,424
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $21,868

Indian Heights CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $71,649 (it was $66,200 in 2000)
Indian Heights:

$71,649
Indiana:

$123,100
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $74,951; Detached houses: $74,951

Median gross rent in 2009: $817.

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  • White alone - 2,732 (90.7%)
  • Hispanic - 96 (3.2%)
  • Black alone - 87 (2.9%)
  • Two or more races - 63 (2.1%)
  • American Indian alone - 14 (0.5%)
  • Asian alone - 12 (0.4%)
  • Other race alone - 7 (0.2%)

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Mar. 2012 cost of living index in Indian Heights: 87.6 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (22.9%), German (14.9%), Irish (11.1%), English (10.9%), Scottish (3.0%), French (2.8%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 870 feet

Land area: 0.86 square miles.

Population density: 3497 people per square mile 
 
  (average).

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For population 25 years and over in Indian Heights:

  • High school or higher: 82.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
  • Unemployed: 5.6%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Indian Heights CDP:

  • Never married: 19.3%
  • Now married: 60.3%
  • Separated: 1.6%
  • Widowed: 6.9%
  • Divorced: 12.0%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.6%
Indiana:  3.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $567 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $632 (0.8%)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Anderson, IN (32.4 miles , pop. 59,734).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Indianapolis, IN (44.1 miles , pop. 781,870).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (127.1 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Kokomo, IN (1.9 miles ), Sharpsville, IN (2.0 miles ), Russiaville, IN (2.8 miles ), Greentown, IN (3.0 miles ), Windfall City, IN (3.1 miles ), Tipton, IN (3.3 miles ), Galveston, IN (3.3 miles ), Kempton, IN (3.4 miles ).

Latitude: 40.43 N, Longitude: 86.12 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 765

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Unemployment in August 2012:
Here:

8.9%
Indiana:

8.0%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Manufacturing (20%)
  • Retail trade (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (14%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (9%)
  • Health care and social assistance (6%)
  • Transportation and warehousing (5%)
  • Health care and social assistance (23%)
  • Manufacturing (20%)
  • Accommodation and food services (15%)
  • Retail trade (10%)
  • Other services, except public administration (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (15%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)

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Tornado activity:

Indian Heights-area historical tornado activity is above Indiana state average. It is 227% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 13.9 miles away from the Indian Heights place center killed 25 people and injured 835 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 4/11/1965, a category F4 tornado 14.8 miles away from the place center injured 44 people.

Earthquake activity:

Indian Heights-area historical earthquake activity is below Indiana state average. It is 94% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/12/1986 at 08:19:37, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 92.2 miles away from the city center
On 9/12/2004 at 13:05:19, a magnitude 3.8 (3.5 MB, 3.8 MW, 3.6 LG, Depth: 3.8 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 60.2 miles away from Indian Heights center
On 4/14/2000 at 03:54:20, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 57.1 miles away from the city center
On 12/20/1990 at 14:04:17, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 66.2 miles away from the city center
On 12/17/1990 at 05:24:59, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 54.9 miles away from Indian Heights center
On 4/17/1990 at 10:27:34, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 66.7 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), moment magnitude (MW)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Howard County (11) is near the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7
Emergencies Declared: 4

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 5, Storms: 5, Tornadoes: 4, Winter Storms: 3, Storm: 1, Hurricane: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Snow: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
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Hospitals/medical centers near Indian Heights:

  • HOWARD REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM (Acute Care Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 3 miles away; KOKOMO, IN)
  • ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL & HEALTH CENTER INC (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Church, provides emergency services, about 3 miles away; KOKOMO, IN)
  • TIPTON HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 11 miles away; TIPTON, IN)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Indian Heights:

  • Ivy Tech Community College-Kokomo (about 6 miles; Kokomo, IN; Full-time enrollment: 2,468)
  • Indiana Wesleyan University (about 25 miles; Marion, IN; FT enrollment: 13,899)
  • Anderson University (about 33 miles; Anderson, IN; FT enrollment: 2,026)
  • Taylor University (about 33 miles; Upland, IN; FT enrollment: 2,016)
  • ITT Technical Institute-Indianapolis (about 36 miles; Indianapolis, IN; FT enrollment: 2,827)
  • Lincoln College of Technology (about 39 miles; Indianapolis, IN; FT enrollment: 2,626)
  • Ivy Tech Community College-Lafayette (about 39 miles; Lafayette, IN; FT enrollment: 3,864)

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Notable locations in Indian Heights: Taylor Township Fire Department (A), Taylor Township Fire and Rescue (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 
Howard County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
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Air Quality Index (AQI)

Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 36.4. This is about average.
City:

36.4
U.S.:

32.0
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 11.1. This is about average. Closest monitor was 4.0 miles away from the city center.
City:

11.1
U.S.:

9.6


Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 13.4%
(14.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 11.4% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)

Average household size:
This place:  2.6 people
Indiana:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  72.6%
Whole state:  71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.7%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Indian Heights, IN


Indian Heights compared to Indiana state average:

  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Indian Heights travel time to work - commute
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Utility gas (97%)
  • Electricity (3%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)


2004 Presidential Election results in Howard County Indiana:


2008 Presidential Election results in Howard County Indiana:
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Religion statistics for Indian Heights (based on Howard County data)

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 47.62%
Here47.6%
USA50.2%

Adherents


Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

NameCatholic ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchChristian Churches and Churches of ChristChristian Church (Disciples of Christ) Non-Charismatic Churches Independent
Adherents23.7%10.1%7.9%4.7%4.1%
Congregations1.9%14.4%7.7%2.9%1.9%
NameLutheran ChurchChurch of the Nazarene Charismatic Churches IndependentSouthern Baptist ConventionOther
Adherents3.8%3.8%3.7%3.4%34.8%
Congregations2.9%2.9%1.0%3.8%60.6%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 12
Howard County:

1.43 / 10,000 pop.
Indiana:

1.73 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 3
This county:

0.36 / 10,000 pop.
State:

0.21 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 14
Howard County:

1.67 / 10,000 pop.
Indiana:

0.50 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 28
Howard County:

3.35 / 10,000 pop.
State:

3.57 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 51
Here:

6.10 / 10,000 pop.
State:

6.78 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:

9.9%
Indiana:

9.2%
Adult obesity rate:
Howard County:

28.3%
Indiana:

29.0%
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
This county:

12.8%
State:

14.3%

4.65% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,126 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

4.65%
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 Miami County, IN  0.54% ($32,790 average AGI)
from Tipton County, IN  0.39% ($38,708)
from Cass County, IN  0.34% ($33,921)


5.80% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,844 average adjusted gross income)

Here:

5.80%
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 Miami County, IN  0.63% ($29,170 average AGI)
to Marion County, IN  0.48% ($28,988)
to Hamilton County, IN  0.43% ($48,125)

Strongest AM radio stations in Indian Heights:

  • WIOU (1350 AM; 5 kW; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WBAA (920 AM; 5 kW; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PURDUE UNIVERSITY)
  • WXLW (950 AM; 5 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN)
  • WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WNDE (1260 AM; 5 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

Strongest FM radio stations in Indian Heights:

  • WWKI (100.5 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WZWZ (92.5 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GRP OF KOKOMO, INC)
  • WSHW (99.7 FM; FRANKFORT, IN; Owner: KASPAR BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • W291AM (106.1 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY)
  • WIWC (91.7 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • WURK (101.7 FM; ELWOOD, IN; Owner: INDIANA SABRECOM, INC.)
  • WFBQ (94.7 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WFRR (93.7 FM; WALTON, IN; Owner: CHRISTIAN FRIENDS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WRZX (103.3 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMRI (106.9 FM; MARION, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO OF INDIANA, INC.)
  • WTPI (107.9 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: MYSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WGRL (93.9 FM; NOBLESVILLE, IN; Owner: INDY LICO, INC.)
  • WARU-FM (101.9 FM; ROANN, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WMYK (98.5 FM; PERU, IN; Owner: MIAMI COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Indian Heights:

  • WKGK-LP (Channel 48; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: KINGDOM OF GOD MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WTTK (Channel 29; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: TRIBUNE BROADCAST HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WNDY-TV (Channel 23; MARION, IN; Owner: UPN STATIONS GROUP INC.)
  • WLFI-TV (Channel 18; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PRIMELAND TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WTHR (Channel 13; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: VIDEOINDIANA, INC.)
  • WISH-TV (Channel 8; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: INDIANA BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WXIN (Channel 59; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • WRTV (Channel 6; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: MCGRAW-HILL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WHMB-TV (Channel 40; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: LESEA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WALV-CA (Channel 50; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: VIDEOHIO, INC..)
  • WBXI-CA (Channel 47; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
  • WIWU-LP (Channel 51; MARION, IN; Owner: IWU COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WFYI (Channel 20; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSOT-LP (Channel 57; MARION, IN; Owner: SUNNYCREST MEDIA, INC.)


Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED24$71,6668$33,00133$64,9501$8,5909$36,451
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED1$42,1800$03$87,7430$00$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED2$69,1251$34,37033$80,6192$30,4652$73,815
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN1$34,3700$021$78,8171$15,6201$99,980
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS1$74,2002$55,8503$92,6900$01$46,870
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Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0015.00

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2009
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED0$02$67,175
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED2$75,7650$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS1$38,2700$0
Choose year:  2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0015.00

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value


Indian Heights on our top lists:

  • #82 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Transportation equipment"
  • #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 1990-1999 to 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #42 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
  • #75 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"

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