Montgomery County, Indiana (IN)

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County population in 2005: 38,239 (44% urban, 56% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 10,704
Renter-occupied apartments: 3,891

% of renters here:	27%
State:	29%

Land area: 505 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.8 sq. mi.

Population density: 76 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This county:	8.3%
Whole state:	9.5%

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

This county:	4.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

Industries providing employment: Manufacturing (32.3%), Educational,health and social services (16.9%), Retail trade (11.0%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 84%
Government: 9%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Montgomery County, Indiana business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Montgomery County, Indiana:

White Non-Hispanic (96.3%)
Hispanic (1.6%)
Other race (1.1%)
Black (0.8%)
Two or more races (0.7%)
American Indian (0.5%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	36.6 years
Indiana median age:	35.2 years

Males: 18,774	(49.9%)
Females: 18,855	(50.1%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $31,191
County population in 2003: 37,815
Jobs in 2003: 17,731

Montgomery County,IN real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 19,666
Unemployment rate in 2004: 4.3%

Average household size:

Montgomery County:	2.5 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $43,707 ($41,297 in 2000)

This county	$43,707
Indiana:	$43,993

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $109,824

Montgomery County	$109,824
Indiana:	$114,400

Median montly rent in 2000: $477
Institutionalized population: 491
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Montgomery County in 2000: $788

Montgomery County races chart

Montgomery County, IN map from a distance

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 116 buildings, average cost: $99,600
2001: 134 buildings, average cost: $123,500
2002: 140 buildings, average cost: $128,500
2003: 159 buildings, average cost: $128,000
2004: 165 buildings, average cost: $129,200

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

2004 Presidential Election results in Montgomery County Indiana:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 74.9%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 24.3%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $707 (0.8%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Montgomery County is $439 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $558 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $759 a month.

Cities in this county include: Crawfordsville, Ladoga, Waynetown, Darlington, Linden, New Market, Waveland, New Richmond, New Ross, Wingate.

Neighboring counties: Boone County , Clinton County , Fountain County , Hendricks County , Parke County , Putnam County , Tippecanoe County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Montgomery County: Sportsmen Club (A), Spring Ledge Country Club (B), Alamo Conservation Club (C), Waveland Conservation Club (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Montgomery County include: Union Chapel (A), Liberty Chapel (B), Christian Union Church (C), Gravelly Run Church (D), Potato Creek Church (E), Center Church (F), Youngs Chapel (G), Saint James Church (H), Haw Creek Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Fruits Cemetery (1), Galey Cemetery (2), Pisgah Cemetery (3), Wesley Cemetery (4), Weir Cemetery (5), Peterson Cemetery (6), Wasson Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: C Moore Lake (A), Morrison Lake (B), Shades Pond (C), Sportsmans Club Lake (D), Lake Waveland (E), Lake Holiday (F), Pennington Lake (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lick Creek (A), Withe Creek (B), Mill Creek (C), Karnes Creek (D), Indian Creek (E), Hazel Creek (F), Haw Creek (G), Offield Creek (H), Old Shoe Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Montgomery County include: Camp Rotary (1), Lake Waveland Park (2), Ladoga Rest Park (3), Cold Spring Camp (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.5%
Indiana:	4.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 1,508
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.7%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 546 (14% naturalized citizens)

Montgomery County:	1.5%
Whole state:	3.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 353
1990 to 1994: 63
1985 to 1989: 15
1980 to 1984: 15
1975 to 1979: 20
1970 to 1974: 19
1970 to 1974: 9
1965 to 1969: 52

Mean travel time to work: 20.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 80.2%

Montgomery County marital status for males

Montgomery County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 11,808
One, attached: 322
Two: 728
3 or 4: 717
5 to 9: 588
10 to 19: 133
20 or more: 263
Mobile homes: 1,119

Housing units in Montgomery County with a mortgage: 5,876 (677 second mortgage, 734 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,696

Agriculture in Montgomery County
Average size of farms: 425 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $146592
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $293.82
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 0.97%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 26.04%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $118086
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 86.92%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.42%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $146320
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.91%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 2.43
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 0.68%
Corn for grain: 114847 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 2544 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 115627 harvested acres
Vegetables: 7 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 55 acres

Montgomery County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is above Indiana state average. It is 3.8 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 32 fatalities and 165 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 28 people and injured 123 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (11%)
Printing and related support activities (10%)
Construction (8%)
Metal and metal products (8%)
Educational services (8%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (12%)
Health care (11%)
Accommodation and food services (8%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
Transportation equipment (5%)
Printing and related support activities (4%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Other production occupations including supervisors (11%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
Printing workers (4%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (54%)
Canada (8%)
Germany (7%)
Guatemala (5%)
Other Western Africa (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Other Eastern Europe (3%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Montgomery County:

German (23%)
United States or American (22%)
English (13%)
Irish (13%)
Scotch-Irish (3%)
Scottish (2%)
French (except Basque) (2%)

Montgomery County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 14,823 (82%)
Carpooled: 2,019 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
Taxi: 18 (0%)
Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
Bicycle: 15 (0%)
Walked: 612 (3%)
Other means: 81 (0%)
Worked at home: 540 (3%)

People in group quarters in Montgomery County, Indiana

678 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
414 people in nursing homes
77 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $47,683.

5.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,678 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.20%
Indiana average:	6.54%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($84 average AGI)
Montgomery County: 0.09%
Indiana average: 0.10%

3.73% relocated from other counties in Indiana ($22,262 average AGI)
1.38% relocated from other states ($10,333 average AGI)
Montgomery County: 1.38%
Indiana average: 2.47%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

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

from Tippecanoe County, IN	0.63% ($26,364 average AGI)
from Fountain County, IN	0.51% ($24,606)
from Marion County, IN	0.40% ($34,875)
from Boone County, IN	0.34% ($36,563)
from Putnam County, IN	0.28% ($22,900)
from Hendricks County, IN	0.21% ($45,233)
from Parke County, IN	0.18% ($29,840)

6.03% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,388 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.03%
Indiana average:	6.56%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.08% relocated to other counties in Indiana ($20,970 average AGI)
1.96% relocated to other states ($11,420 average AGI)
Montgomery County: 1.96%
Indiana average: 2.55%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

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

to Tippecanoe County, IN	0.90% ($27,134 average AGI)
to Marion County, IN	0.59% ($27,940)
to Fountain County, IN	0.44% ($28,323)
to Putnam County, IN	0.32% ($24,533)
to Boone County, IN	0.28% ($30,750)
to Hendricks County, IN	0.25% ($40,361)
to Parke County, IN	0.12% ($34,059)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 12.6

Births per 1000 population in Montgomery County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Montgomery County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 10.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Montgomery County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 6,012 (5,265 aged, 747 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship

Households: 36,419

In family households: 31,469 (8,625 male householders, 1,732 female householders)
8,603 spouses, 10,780 children (9,551 natural, 233 adopted, 996 stepchildren), 430 grandchildren, 147 brothers or sisters, 173 parents, 329 other relatives, 650 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,950 (1,738 male householders (1,397 living alone)), 2,500 female householders (2,281 living alone)), 712 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,210 (504 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,793 2-persons, 2,227 3-persons, 2,045 4-persons, 942 5-persons, 218 6-persons, 132 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,678 1-person, 458 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 13 5-persons.

7,026 married couples with children.
2,061 single-parent households (542 men, 1,519 women).

97.0% of residents of Montgomery County speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 16% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 35% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $178,766,000 ($4712 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,915,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $88,433,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $40,731,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,275,000
Federal grants: $29,797,000
Federal procurement contracts: $2,330,000 ($852,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $7,201,000 ($1,617,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $528,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $28,331,000
Federal Government insurance: $52,241,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,470

Here:	65 per 1000 residents
State:	72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 1,932

Here:	51 per 1000 residents
State:	47 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +302

Here:	+8 per 1000 residents
State:	+9 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -177

Here:	-5 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Montgomery County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.28 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 233
1995 to 1998: 899
1990 to 1994: 1,058
1980 to 1989: 1,532
1970 to 1979: 2,013
1960 to 1969: 1,805
1950 to 1959: 2,205
1940 to 1949: 1,105
1939 or earlier: 4,828

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Montgomery County, Indiana:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 26
3 rooms: 147
4 rooms: 823
5 rooms: 2,265
6 rooms: 2,811
7 rooms: 2,024
8 rooms: 1,339
9 or more rooms: 1,269

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Montgomery County, Indiana:

1 room: 11
2 rooms: 153
3 rooms: 762
4 rooms: 1,249
5 rooms: 752
6 rooms: 471
7 rooms: 267
8 rooms: 142
9 or more rooms: 84

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Montgomery County:

no bedroom: 3
1 bedroom: 203
2 bedrooms: 2,654
3 bedrooms: 5,597
4 bedrooms: 1,946
5 or more bedrooms: 301

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Montgomery County:

no bedroom: 80
1 bedroom: 1,042
2 bedrooms: 1,791
3 bedrooms: 781
4 bedrooms: 159
5 or more bedrooms: 38

Cars and other vehicles available in Montgomery County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 410
1 vehicle: 2,586
2 vehicles: 5,064
3 vehicles: 1,876
4 vehicles: 514
5 or more vehicles: 254

Cars and other vehicles available in Montgomery County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 601
1 vehicle: 1,887
2 vehicles: 1,074
3 vehicles: 263
4 vehicles: 25
5 or more vehicles: 41

57% of Montgomery County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Indiana.

Montgomery County:	57.3%
State average:	55.7%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 29406
Northeast: 686
Midwest: 3503
South: 2571
West: 778

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $72,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (48%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
Electricity (12%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (43%)
Electricity (36%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 209

Here:	4.6%
Indiana:	11.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 63

Here:	3.1%
Indiana:	8.8%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 786

Here:	57.8%
Indiana:	23.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

Montgomery County government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
Charges - All Other: $331,000
Current Operations - Judicial and Legal Services: $3,496,000
General - Other: $1,952,000

Welfare - Other: $1,807,000

Regular Highways: $1,553,000

Corrections - Other: $1,058,000

Police Protection: $784,000

Parks & Recreation: $777,000

General Public Buildings: $362,000

Natural Resources - Other: $320,000

Health Services - Other: $296,000

Central Staff Services: $183,000

Financial Administration: $122,000

Air Transportation: $10,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $9,000

Elementary & Secondary Education: $0
Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $63,000
Highways: $58,000
Intergovernmental to State - Welfare: $152,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $4,304,000
Interest Earnings: $793,000

Rents: $53,000
Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $1,855,000
Judicial: $341,000

General Public Building: $139,000

General - Other: $134,000

Police Protection: $131,000

Health - Other: $11,000

Natural Resource - Other: $3,000

Corrections - Other: $2,000

Financial Administration: $2,000

Central Staff: $2,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $13,418,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,464,000
General Support: $773,000

Public Welfare: $562,000

All Other: $359,000
Tax - Property: $5,229,000
Individual Income: $2,670,000

NEC: $192,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $5,050,000

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