Grant County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 36.1. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 11.1. This is about average. Closest monitor was 20.1 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Sweetser and their reported violations in the past:
S & J SERVICE (Population served: 408, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUN-2005, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-13-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-13-2005)
- One routine major monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 11.2%
(11.3% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.5 people | | Indiana: |  2.6 people |
| This town: | 73.7% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
| This town: | 2.5% | | Whole state: | 5.3% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sweetser, IN
Sweetser compared to Indiana state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
Back to the top
Banks with branches in Sweetser (2011 data):
- The Farmers State Bank: at 3988 West Delphi Road, branch established on 1912/12/01. Info updated 2010/06/02: Bank assets: $19.3 mil, Deposits: $16.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 1 total offices
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Electricity (32%)
- No fuel used (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Grant County Indiana:
|
|
Religion statistics for Sweetser (based on Grant County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 41.33%
| Here | | 41.3% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | The Wesleyan Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
|---|
| Adherents | 20.7% | 15.7% | 13.8% | 13.0% | 7.7% |
|---|
| Congregations | 14.4% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 20.8% | 4.8% |
|---|
| Name | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Friends (Quakers) | Church of the Nazarene | New Testament Association Independent Baptist Churches/Other Fundamental Baptists | Other |
|---|
| Adherents | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 18.4% |
|---|
| Congregations | 3.2% | 11.2% | 5.6% | 2.4% | 32.8% |
|---|
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: 9 | Grant County: | 1.31 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 1.73 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 6 | Grant County: | 0.87 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 46 | Grant County: | 6.69 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 3.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 44 | Here: | 6.40 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 9.7% | | Indiana: | 9.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Grant County: | 30.1% | | Indiana: | 29.0% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 16.4% | | State: | 14.3% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,844 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $3,330 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,984 | $35,808 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,452 | $29,424 | 1 | $68 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $5,436 | $32,616 | 7 | $5,242 |
Sweetser government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $223,000 ($181.74)
Solid Waste Management: $35,000 ($28.52)
All Other: $2,000 ($1.63)
- Construction - General: $15,000 ($12.22)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $145,000 ($118.17)
General - Other: $110,000 ($89.65)
Regular Highways: $44,000 ($35.86)
Parks & Recreation: $43,000 ($35.04)
Solid Waste Management: $35,000 ($28.52)
- General - Interest on Debt: $9,000 ($7.33)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Fire Protection: $8,000 ($6.52)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $17,000 ($13.85)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $175,000 ($142.62)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $155,000 ($126.32)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $20,000 ($16.30)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $39,000 ($31.78)
Interest Earnings: $5,000 ($4.07)
- Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $44,000 ($35.86)
General - Other: $20,000 ($16.30)
Regular Highways: $1,000 ($0.81)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $185,000 ($150.77)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $30,000 ($24.45)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $40,000 ($32.60)
General Support: $11,000 ($8.96)
- Tax - Property: $62,000 ($50.53)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $110,000 ($89.65)
4.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,011 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.26% | | Indiana average: | 6.54% |
0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($160 average AGI)| Grant County: | 0.06% | | Indiana average: | 0.10% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,841 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.49% | | Indiana average: | 6.56% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($176 average AGI)| Grant County: | 0.05% | | Indiana average: | 0.03% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Sweetser:
- WBAT (1400 AM; 1 kW; MARION, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WGOM (860 AM; 1 kW; MARION, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO OF INDIANA, INC.)
- 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.)
- 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.)
- WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
- WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- 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)
Strongest FM radio stations in Sweetser:
- WMRI (106.9 FM; MARION, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO OF INDIANA, INC.)
- W299AJ (107.7 FM; MARION, IN; Owner: FRIENDS OF CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WCJC (99.3 FM; VAN BUREN, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WBSW (90.9 FM; MARION, IN; Owner: BALL STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WWKI (100.5 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WARU-FM (101.9 FM; ROANN, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WJOT-FM (105.9 FM; WABASH, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO OF WABASH, INC.)
- WKUZ (95.9 FM; WABASH, IN; Owner: UPPER WABASH BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WHTY (93.5 FM; HARTFORD CITY, IN; Owner: INDIANA SABRECOM, INC.)
- WMYK (98.5 FM; PERU, IN; Owner: MIAMI COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WURK (101.7 FM; ELWOOD, IN; Owner: INDIANA SABRECOM, INC.)
- WZWZ (92.5 FM; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GRP OF KOKOMO, INC)
- WFRR (93.7 FM; WALTON, IN; Owner: CHRISTIAN FRIENDS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WCWC-LP (94.3 FM; MARION, IN; Owner: COLLEGE WESLEYAN CHURCH)
TV broadcast stations around Sweetser:
- WIWU-LP (Channel 51; MARION, IN; Owner: IWU COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WSOT-LP (Channel 57; MARION, IN; Owner: SUNNYCREST MEDIA, INC.)
- WTTK (Channel 29; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: TRIBUNE BROADCAST HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WNDY-TV (Channel 23; MARION, IN; Owner: UPN STATIONS GROUP INC.)
- WKGK-LP (Channel 48; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: KINGDOM OF GOD MINISTRIES, INC.)
Sweetser fatal accident list:
Jul 1, 2006 03:43 PM, Sr-18, Cr-600, Lat: 40.565225, Lon: -85.731097, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 6, Fatalities: 1
Nov 20, 1979 07:55 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 - Rt. #18 And Main Street (Lat: 40.572194 Lon: -85.769500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 60.6 m, Call Sign: KNKN296
Assigned Frequencies: 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 11/17/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: Michael J Small
Registrant: Centennial Communications, 2422 West State Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN 46808, Phone: (260) 760-4126, Fax: (260) 760-4186
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 3 - Michael Whately, Rt. #18 And Main Street (Lat: 40.572194 Lon: -85.769500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 60.6 m
Registrant: Rf Systems Engineering Associates, Inc., 8794 Q Ave, Mattawan, MI 49071, Phone: (248) 372-3260, Email:
- Michael E Whately, Rt. #18 And Main Street (Lat: 40.572194 Lon: -85.769500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 60.6 m
Registrant: Rf Systems Engineering Associates, Inc., 8794 Q Ave, Mattawan, MI 49071, Phone: (248) 372-3260, Email:
- Lesley M Cordileone, Rt. #18 And Main Street (Lat: 40.572194 Lon: -85.769500), Type: Tower, Structure height: 56.4 m, Overall height: 60.6 m, Licensee ID: L01137152
Registrant: Advance Integrated Services / Sage Holdings LLC, 8280 Old White Lake Ste D, White Lake, MI 48386, Phone: (248) 625-1255
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 5 - N Rt 18 2 Mi From Town (Lat: 40.559750 Lon: -85.797750), Call Sign: KUM408, Licensee ID: L00097106
Assigned Frequencies: 851.012 MHz
Grant Date: 04/30/1996, Expiration Date: 07/03/2001, Cancellation Date: 09/02/2001
Registrant: Mohr Construction Co Inc, Kokomo, IN 46904-2707 - N Rt 18 2 Mi From Town (Lat: 40.559750 Lon: -85.797750), Call Sign: WDK704, Licensee ID: L00097106
Assigned Frequencies: 806.012 MHz
Grant Date: 04/30/1996, Expiration Date: 07/03/2001, Cancellation Date: 09/02/2001
Registrant: Mohr Construction Co Inc, Kokomo, IN 46904-2707 - N Rt 18 2 Mi (Lat: 40.559750 Lon: -85.797750), Call Sign: KCL808, Licensee ID: L00097106
Assigned Frequencies: 461.950 MHz
Grant Date: 07/08/1998, Expiration Date: 08/23/2003, Cancellation Date: 12/12/2001
Registrant: Mohr Construction Co Inc, Kokomo, IN 46904-2707, Phone: (317) 459-3111 - 215 W Franklin St (Lat: 40.566139 Lon: -85.733583), Type: Mast, Structure height: 18 m, Overall height: 21 m, Call Sign: WPJN286, Licensee ID: L00008638
Assigned Frequencies: 464.375 MHz
Grant Date: 08/05/1996, Expiration Date: 08/05/2001, Cancellation Date: 10/07/2001, Certifier: Joel Dunbar
Registrant: Royster-Clark Agribusiness Inc, 6 Executive Dr, Collinsville, IL 62234-1986, Phone: (618) 346-7361, Fax: (618) 346-7353 - 210 N Main St (Lat: 40.566694 Lon: -85.768028), Call Sign: KFH289, Licensee ID: L00020561
Assigned Frequencies: 151.985 MHz
Grant Date: 01/18/2001, Expiration Date: 02/28/2011
Registrant: Sweetser Telephone Co Inc, 210 N Main St, Sweetser, IN 46987, Phone: (317) 384-4311
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - SWEETSER, 614 North Main St. (Lat: 40.573222 Lon: -85.769056), Type: Tower, Structure height: 24.6 m, Call Sign: WQFL753
Assigned Frequencies: 17820.0 MHz
Grant Date: 08/14/2006, Expiration Date: 08/14/2016, Certifier: Ron Hershberger
Registrant: Comsearch, 19700 Janelia Farm Blvd, Ashburn, VA 20147, Phone: (703) 726-5671, Fax: (703) 726-5594, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3 - Call Sign: N9NDR, Licensee ID: L00389820
Grant Date: 08/15/2001, Expiration Date: 11/12/2011
Registrant: Richard E Treber Jr, 110 S Greenberry St, Sweetser, IN 46987 - Call Sign: KB9ZNT, Licensee ID: L00353979
Grant Date: 05/07/2001, Expiration Date: 05/07/2011, Cancellation Date: 11/25/2003, Certifier: Ned A Yauger
Registrant: Ned A Yauger, Box 367 - 619 Allen Dr, Sweetser, IN 46987 - Call Sign: W9NAY, Previous Call Sign: KB9ZNT, Licensee ID: L00353979
Grant Date: 11/25/2003, Expiration Date: 11/25/2013, Certifier: Ned A Yauger
Registrant: Ned A Yauger, Box 367 - 619 Allen Dr, Sweetser, IN 46987
FAA Registered Aircraft: 2 - Aircraft: CESSNA A188B (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 108 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4725R , Serial Number: 18802307T, Year manufactured: 1975, Airworthiness Date: 07/24/1975
Registrant (Corporation): Agri-Green Aviation Inc, Po Box 293, Sweetser, IN 46987 - Aircraft: CESSNA 150G (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (4 Cycle)
N-Number: 6214S , Serial Number: 15067014, Year manufactured: 1967, Airworthiness Date: 07/07/1967
Registrant (Individual): Richard P Gamble, 121 Peterson Dr, Sweetser, IN 46987
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Sweetser, IN among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Charles | 7 | 73.7 years |
| Robert | 7 | 71.9 years |
| James | 6 | 70.7 years |
| Mary | 6 | 86.0 years |
| Richard | 6 | 70.2 years |
| William | 5 | 76.2 years |
| Frank | 4 | 74.5 years |
| Alice | 4 | 80.2 years |
| Earl | 4 | 77.7 years |
| John | 4 | 79.3 years |
| Most common last names in Sweetser, IN among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Smith | 11 | 73.0 years |
| Stevens | 6 | 80.5 years |
| Thompson | 6 | 81.5 years |
| Buckler | 5 | 61.2 years |
| Buroker | 4 | 74.0 years |
| Haskell | 4 | 83.3 years |
| Harreld | 4 | 73.2 years |
| Deal | 4 | 82.0 years |
| Myers | 4 | 81.0 years |
| Peterson | 4 | 66.3 years |
Businesses in Sweetser, IN
- #79 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Office supplies and stationery stores"
- #98 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers"
- #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
|
