Osceola, Indiana

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Population (year 2000): 1,859. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,806 (-2.9% change)

Males: 937	(50.4%)
Females: 922	(49.6%)

St. Joseph County

Median resident age:	37.7 years
Indiana median age:	35.2 years

Zip codes: 46561.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $44,600 (it was $43,657 in 2000)

Osceola	$44,600
Indiana:	$43,993

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $95,800 (it was $77,200 in 2000)

Osceola	$95,800
Indiana:	$114,400

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Races in Osceola:

White Non-Hispanic (97.7%)
Two or more races (0.9%)
Other race (0.8%)
Hispanic (0.7%)

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Ancestries: German (24.4%), Irish (13.8%), United States (12.0%), English (8.4%), Polish (6.1%), French (2.9%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 735 feet

Land area: 1.37 square miles.

Population density: 1325 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Osceola

High school or higher: 78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
Unemployed: 3.0%
Mean travel time to work: 20.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Osceola town

Never married: 24.7%
Now married: 57.1%
Separated: 0.9%
Widowed: 5.2%
Divorced: 12.0%

34 residents are foreign born

This town:	1.8%
Indiana:	3.1%

According to our research there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Osceola, Indiana in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Osceola to the number of sex offenders is 201 to 1.

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

Osceola:	0.7% ($564)
Indiana:	0.9% ($868)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Elkhart, IN (7.4 miles , pop. 51,874).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Fort Wayne, IN (76.7 miles , pop. 205,727).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (110.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Mishawaka, IN (6.6 miles ), Granger, IN (7.2 miles ), Elkhart, IN (7.4 miles ), Simonton Lake, IN (9.1 miles ), Edwardsburg, MI (9.2 miles ), Wakarusa, IN (9.8 miles ), Dunlap, IN (11.0 miles ), Georgetown, IN (11.1 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1997: 0 buildings

Latitude: 41.66 N, Longitude: 86.08 W

Area code: 574

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Population change in the 1990s: -152 (-7.6%).

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (14%)
Construction (12%)
Metal and metal products (9%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (14%)
Educational services (9%)
Transportation equipment (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Food and beverage stores (6%)
Plastics and rubber products (5%)

Most common occupations for males

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
Cashiers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)

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Osceola-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Indiana state average. It is 82% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 9.9 miles away from the Osceola town center killed 31 people and injured 252 people.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 10.3 miles away from the town center killed 36 people and injured 321 people.

Hospitals/medical centers near Osceola:

ST JOSEPH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; MISHAWAKA, IN)
ELKHART GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; ELKHART, IN)
MADISON HOSPITAL CORPORATION (about 12 miles; SOUTH BEND, IN)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Osceola:

ELKHART MUNI (about 7 miles; ELKHART, IN; ID: EKM)
SOUTH BEND REGIONAL (about 17 miles; SOUTH BEND, IN; ID: SBN)
KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTERNATIONAL (about 54 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; ID: AZO)

Other public-use airports nearest to Osceola:

MISHAWAKA PILOTS CLUB (about 4 miles; ELKHART, IN; ID: 3C1)
JERRY TYLER MEML (about 16 miles; NILES, MI; ID: 3TR)
NAPPANEE MUNI (about 19 miles; NAPPANEE, IN; ID: C03)

Amtrak stations near Osceola:

8 miles: ELKHART (131 TYLER ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service.
15 miles: SOUTH BEND (2702 W. WASHINGTON AVE.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
17 miles: NAPPANEE (252 S. MAIN ST.). Services: free short-term parking, free long-term parking.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Osceola:

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME (about 16 miles; NOTRE DAME, IN; Full-time enrollment: 10,633)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-SOUTH BEND (about 16 miles; SOUTH BEND, IN; FT enrollment: 4,725)
KALAMAZOO VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 5,017)
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI; FT enrollment: 2,342)
WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY (about 53 miles; KALAMAZOO, MI; FT enrollment: 23,132)
PURDUE UNIVERSITY-NORTH CENTRAL CAMPUS (about 59 miles; WESTVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,500)
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; VALPARAISO, IN; FT enrollment: 3,376)

Public elementary/middle school in Osceola:

MORAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 382; Location: 305 N BEECH RD; Grades: KG - 05)

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Hotel: Night Fall Motel (10060 McKinley Highway).

Drinking water stations with addresses in Osceola and their reported violations in the past:

MR. GS RESTAURANT & LOUNGE (Population served: 220, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2003, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-07-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-07-2003)

Past monitoring violations:

4 routine major monitoring violations

OSCEOLA CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN (Population served: 100, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-17-2003), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JAN-17-2003), St Public Notif received (JAN-30-2003)

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

OC BOWLING LANES (Population served: 77, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

5 routine major monitoring violations

START FINISH LINE (Population served: 69, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

9 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

OSCEOLA DENTAL CARE (Population served: 59, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAY-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-27-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAY-27-2005), St Public Notif received (JUN-02-2005)

Past monitoring violations:

2 routine major monitoring violations

NEW STAR MOTEL L.L.C NIGHT FALL MOTEL (Population served: 37, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-13-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-13-2001), St Public Notif received (AUG-01-2001)

Past monitoring violations:

3 routine major monitoring violations

TWIN MILLS RESORT (LEISURE ACRES) (Population served: 33, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

One regular monitoring violation

SEVEN-ELEVEN #32590 (Population served: 25, Groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

11 routine major monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.6 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	73.0%
Whole state:	68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	7.0%
Whole state:	5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	3.7%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	2.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

Osceola compared to Indiana state average:

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

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Osceola mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in St. Joseph County Indiana:

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers	1	$2,605	$31,260	2	$1,893
Other Government Administration	1	$1,269	$15,228	5	$981
Firefighters	0	$0		2	$206
Streets and Highways	1	$1,948	$23,376	1	$1,280
Totals for Government	3	$5,822	$23,288	10	$4,359

Osceola government finances in 2002:

Current Operations - General - Other: $215,000
Regular Highways: $78,000

Police Protection: $53,000

Central Staff Services: $31,000

Fire Protection: $17,000

General Public Buildings: $10,000

Parks & Recreation: $2,000

Welfare - Other: $1,000

Financial Administration: $0
Local Intergovernmental - Highways: $42,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $12,000
Interest Earnings: $10,000
Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $27,000
Fire Protection: $20,000

Police Protection: $2,000

Central Staff: $1,000

Regular Highways: $0
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $397,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $60,000
General Support: $44,000
Tax - Property: $240,000
Individual Income: $27,000

Public Utilities: $5,000

NEC: $2,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $104,000

5.25% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,689 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.25%
Indiana average:	6.54%

0.26% of residents moved from foreign countries ($431 average AGI)
St. Joseph County: 0.26%
Indiana average: 0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Elkhart County, IN	0.82% ($37,356 average AGI)
from Berrien County, MI	0.35% ($31,690)
from Marshall County, IN	0.22% ($32,320)

5.72% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,354 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.72%
Indiana average:	6.56%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($337 average AGI)
St. Joseph County: 0.08%
Indiana average: 0.03%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Elkhart County, IN	0.78% ($38,696 average AGI)
to Berrien County, MI	0.29% ($33,965)
to Marion County, IN	0.25% ($26,093)

Strongest AM radio stations in Osceola:

WHLY (1580 AM; 10 kW; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: TIMES COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
WFRN (1270 AM; 5 kW; ELKHART, IN)
WSBT (960 AM; 5 kW; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: WSBT, INC.)
WDND (1620 AM; 10 kW; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC.)
WTRC (1340 AM; 1 kW; ELKHART, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WNDV (1490 AM; 1 kW; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC.)
WKAM (1460 AM; 3 kW; GOSHEN, IN; Owner: FULMER COMMUNICATIONS LLC)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
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.)
WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Osceola:

WBYT (100.7 FM; ELKHART, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WNSN (101.5 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: WSBT, INC.)
WNDV-FM (92.9 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC.)
W300AL (107.9 FM; MISHAWAKA, IN; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
WVPE (88.1 FM; ELKHART, IN; Owner: ELKHART COMMUNITY SCHOOLS CORP.)
WRBR-FM (103.9 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: HICKS BROADCASTING OF INDIANA, LLC)
WFRN-FM (104.7 FM; ELKHART, IN; Owner: PROGRESSIVE BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
WZOW (97.7 FM; GOSHEN, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC.)
W243AJ (96.5 FM; MISHAWAKA, IN; Owner: PROGRESSIVE BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
WSND-FM (88.9 FM; NOTRE DAME, IN; Owner: VOICE OF THE FIGHTING IRISH, INC.)
W241AD (96.1 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: PROGRESSIVE BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC)
WLRX (95.7 FM; NAPPANEE, IN; Owner: TALKING STICK COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WHME (103.1 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: LESEA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WETL (91.7 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORP.)
WHPZ (96.9 FM; BREMEN, IN; Owner: LESEA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WZOC (94.3 FM; PLYMOUTH, IN; Owner: PLYMOUTH BROADCASTING, INC.)
WAOR (95.3 FM; NILES, MI; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WUBU (106.3 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: PARTNERSHIP RADIO, LLC)
WUBS (89.7 FM; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: INTERFAITH CHRISTIAN UNION, INC.)
WGCS (91.1 FM; GOSHEN, IN; Owner: GOSHEN COLLEGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around Osceola:

WHME-TV (Channel 46; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: LESEA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WNIT (Channel 34; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: MICHIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WMWB-LP (Channel 25; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: WMWB-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WSJV (Channel 28; ELKHART, IN; Owner: WSJV TELEVISION, INC.)
WNDU-TV (Channel 16; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: MICHIANA TELECASTING CORP.)
WSBT-TV (Channel 22; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: WSBT, INC.)
WBND-LP (Channel 57; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: WBND-TV LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WRDY-LP (Channel 69; SOUTH BEND, IN; Owner: WEIGEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WYGN-LP (Channel 12; BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI; Owner: GOOD NEWS TELEVISION)

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