Switz City, Indiana

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Population in July 2008: 303. Population change since 2000: -2.6%

Males: 148	(48.9%)
Females: 155	(51.1%)

Median resident age:	34.8 years
Indiana median age:	35.2 years

Zip codes: 47465.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $40,539 (it was $33,750 in 2000)

Switz City:	$40,539
Indiana:	$47,448

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $16,772

Switz City:	$16,772
Indiana:	$23,805

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $51,434 (it was $37,500 in 2000)

Switz City:	$51,434
Indiana:	$122,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $59,477; Detached houses: $61,039; Townhouses or other attached units: $43,717; Mobile homes: $31,346

Switz City, IN residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Switz City:

White Non-Hispanic (97.1%)
Hispanic (1.3%)
Other race (1.0%)
American Indian (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Switz City: 71.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (22.2%), German (9.6%), Irish (9.0%), English (7.1%), Scottish (1.6%), Dutch (1.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 523 feet

Land area: 0.22 square miles.

Population density: 1351 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Switz City

High school or higher: 78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
Unemployed: 4.5%
Mean travel time to work: 29.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Switz City town

Never married: 17.2%
Now married: 67.6%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 5.9%
Divorced: 9.2%

2 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.6%
Indiana:	3.1%

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

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

Switz City:	1.2% ($440)
Indiana:	0.9% ($868)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bloomington, IN (29.6 miles , pop. 69,291).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Indianapolis, IN (71.3 miles , pop. 781,870).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (196.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Lyons, IN (1.9 miles ), Linton, IN (2.4 miles ), Bloomfield, IN (2.5 miles ), Worthington, IN (2.7 miles ), Newberry, IN (2.8 miles ), Elnora, IN (3.3 miles ), Dugger, IN (3.4 miles ), Jasonville, IN (3.4 miles ).

Latitude: 39.03 N, Longitude: 87.05 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 812

Switz City household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +53 (+20.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (18%)
Mining (11%)
Public administration (9%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (8%)
Utilities (8%)
Metal and metal products (6%)
Finance and insurance (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (27%)
Food and beverage stores (14%)
Educational services (11%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
Metal and metal products (7%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
Personal and laundry services (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Extraction workers (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Financial managers (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
Construction laborers (6%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (13%)
Health technologists and technicians (11%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Cashiers (6%)

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Average climate in Switz City, Indiana

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Switz City, Indiana average temperatures

Switz City, Indiana average precipitation

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Switz City-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Indiana state average. It is 139% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/29/1963, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 6.1 miles away from the Switz City town center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 6/2/1990, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 33.3 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 51 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

Switz City-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Indiana state average. It is 67% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/18/2008 at 09:36:59, a magnitude 5.4 (5.1 MB, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MW, 5.2 MW, Depth: 8.9 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 60.3 miles away from Switz City center
On 6/10/1987 at 23:48:54, a magnitude 5.1 (4.9 MB, 4.4 MS, 4.6 MS, 5.1 LG) earthquake occurred 47.1 miles away from the city center
On 6/18/2002 at 17:37:15, a magnitude 5.0 (4.3 MB, 4.6 MW, 5.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 82.4 miles away from the city center
On 4/18/2008 at 15:14:16, a magnitude 4.8 (4.5 MB, 4.8 MW, 4.6 MW, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 57.6 miles away from Switz City center
On 4/3/1974 at 23:05:02, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 LG) earthquake occurred 63.8 miles away from the city center
On 1/24/1990 at 18:20:24, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.8 LG, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 70.8 miles away from Switz City center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)

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Birthplace of: AJ Graves - College basketball player (Butler Bulldogs).

Hospitals/medical centers near Switz City:

GREENE COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; LINTON, IN)
SULLIVAN COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; SULLIVAN, IN)
DAVIESS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; WASHINGTON, IN)

Political contributions by individuals in Switz City, IN

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Switz City:

INDIANA UNIVERSITY-BLOOMINGTON (about 31 miles; BLOOMINGTON, IN; Full-time enrollment: 33,835)
IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-WABASH VALLEY (about 31 miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,099)
VINCENNES UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; VINCENNES, IN; FT enrollment: 6,201)
INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; FT enrollment: 9,597)
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; GREENCASTLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,197)
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS (about 67 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 2,784)
EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 68 miles; CHARLESTON, IL; FT enrollment: 9,582)

Public high school in Switz City:

WHITE RIVER VALLEY HS (Students: 277; Location: HWY 54 PO BOX 1470; Grades: 09 - 12)

See full list of schools located in Switz City, School District: WHITE RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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

LYONS WATER UTILITY (Population served: 748, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JAN-01-2000 and JUL-07-2004, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-08-2000), St Compliance achieved (2 times from JUL-18-2003 to JUL-07-2004)

OCCT Study Recommendation - Between APR-01-1996 and SEP-17-1998, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (3 times from SEP-17-1998 to JUL-07-2004)

OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JUL-01-1995 and JUL-18-2003, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-18-2003)

Public Education - Between JUL-01-1995 and JUN-25-1998, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (2 times from JUN-25-1998 to JUL-18-2003)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-02-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-02-2005), St Public Notif received (DEC-08-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-02-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-02-2005), St Public Notif received (DEC-08-2005)

Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-07-2004, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-08-2000), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-08-2000), St Public Notif received (SEP-25-2000), St Compliance achieved (2 times from JUL-18-2003 to JUL-07-2004)

Initial, Follow-up, or Routine SOWT M&R - Between JAN-01-2000 and JUL-07-2004, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-08-2000), St Compliance achieved (3 times from OCT-23-2000 to JUL-07-2004)

Initial Water Quality Parameter WQP M&R - Between JUL-1999 and DEC-1999, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-08-2000), St Compliance achieved (3 times from OCT-10-2000 to JUL-07-2004)

5 routine major monitoring violations

One regular monitoring violation

3 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.5 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	72.0%
Whole state:	68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.6%
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: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	10.7%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	1.6%
Whole state:	4.2%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Switz City, IN

Switz City compared to Indiana state average:

Median house value below state average.
Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of college students 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

Switz City mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Greene County Indiana:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (80%) Electricity (17%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (2%)

Religion statistics for Switz City

Adherents

Name	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	United Methodist Church	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Churches of Christ	Catholic Church
Adherents	19.8%	15.8%	15.7%	6.4%	6.2%
Congregations	13.6%	20.5%	8.0%	11.4%	3.4%

Name	Assemblies of God	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	United Church of Christ	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Other religions
Adherents	6.1%	5.4%	3.6%	3.4%	17.6%
Congregations	5.7%	2.3%	1.1%	4.5%	29.5%

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.

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		1	$1,840
Other Government Administration	0	$0		3	$854
Sewerage	0	$0		1	$930
Water Supply	0	$0		1	$75
Totals for Government	0	$0		6	$3,699

6.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,697 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.18%
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 Monroe County, IN	1.89% ($28,022 average AGI)
from Sullivan County, IN	0.48% ($24,500)
from Lawrence County, IN	0.29% ($28,914)

6.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,302 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.82%
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 Monroe County, IN	1.69% ($25,612 average AGI)
to Sullivan County, IN	0.60% ($27,699)
to Vigo County, IN	0.50% ($21,689)

Strongest AM radio stations in Switz City:

WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
WGCL (1370 AM; 5 kW; BLOOMINGTON, IN; Owner: SARKES TARZIAN, INC,)
WBTO (1600 AM; 1 kW; LINTON, IN)
WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WPFR (1480 AM; 5 kW; TERRE HAUTE, IN)
WSAI (1530 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Switz City:

WQTY (93.3 FM; LINTON, IN; Owner: THE ORIGINAL COMPANY, INC.)
WSKT (92.7 FM; SPENCER, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO OF INDIANA, INC.)
WHCC (105.1 FM; ELLETTSVILLE, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, L.P.)
WWBL (106.5 FM; WASHINGTON, IN; Owner: OLD NORTHWEST BROADCASTING, INC.)
WBOW-FM (102.7 FM; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: CROSSROADS INVESTMENTS, LLC)
WFIU (103.7 FM; BLOOMINGTON, IN; Owner: TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY)
WNDI-FM (95.3 FM; SULLIVAN, IN; Owner: J T M BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WFHB (91.3 FM; BLOOMINGTON, IN; Owner: BLOOMINGTON COMMUNITY RADIO INC)
WUZR (105.7 FM; BICKNELL, IN; Owner: OLD NORTHWEST BROADCASTING INC.)
WRZR (94.5 FM; LOOGOOTEE, IN; Owner: HEMBREE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Switz City:

WTWO (Channel 2; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: NEXSTAR BROADCASTING OF THE MIDWEST, INC.)
WBAK-TV (Channel 38; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: INDIANA BROADCASTING PARTNERS)
WTIU (Channel 30; BLOOMINGTON, IN; Owner: THE TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY)
WTHI-TV (Channel 10; TERRE HAUTE, IN; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)

Switz City fatal accident list:
Aug 4, 2007 08:00 AM, Sr-57, Cr-100, Lat: 39.009097, Lon: -87.016211, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1
Aug 20, 2007 08:05 AM, Sr-67, Sr-54, Lat: 39.035003, Lon: -87.057381, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1
Oct 30, 2007 10:57 AM, Sr-57, Cr-400, Lat: 38.960264, Lon: -87.016625, Vehicles: 2, Fatalities: 1
Jan 17, 2006 01:50 AM, Sr-67, Cr-200, Lat: 39.052942, Lon: -87.036456, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 3

Call Sign: KC9BGW, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00481022
Grant Date: 03/11/2002, Expiration Date: 03/11/2012, Certifier: Robert T Meier
Registrant: Robert T Meier, Rr 1 Box 12, Switz City, IN 47465
Call Sign: K9RKL, Previous Call Sign: KC9JZZ, Licensee ID: L00372465
Grant Date: 08/18/2007, Expiration Date: 08/18/2017, Certifier: Roger League
Registrant: Rodger K League, Rr 1 Box 18 / 5479 W.State Rd.54, Switz City, IN 47465
Call Sign: KC9OUG, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01451755
Grant Date: 12/11/2008, Expiration Date: 12/11/2018, Certifier: Timothy W Farris
Registrant: Timothy W Farris, Rr 1 Box 88a, Switz City, IN 47465

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 10
Hazardous Condition: 12

Incident types - Switz City

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