Newburgh, IN (Indianapolis, Evansville, Fishers: transplants, incomes, stats)

[jman07]

Why do people say it is stuck up and rich? I've been through it and it's not that nice, and the average household income is only 53k. Compare that to fishers, IN, not really considered rich or stuck up outside of Indy and it's a lot nicer and incomes a lot higher.

[Toxic Toast]

Originally Posted by jman07

Why do people say it is stuck up and rich? I've been through it and it's not that nice, and the average household income is only 53k. Compare that to fishers, IN, not really considered rich or stuck up outside of Indy and it's a lot nicer and incomes a lot higher.

For starters, the Census has Newburgh's mean household income estimated closer to 70K a year, not the 53K on wikipedia. City Data has the median household income around 68K annual. A lot of those stats get skewed by the fact that most of the area people refer to as Newburgh is not actually Newburgh. Hwy 66, as it travels east from Evansville never goes into Newburgh. All that sprawl is in the unincorporated part of Ohio Township that happens to be close to the actual town of Newburgh, which is really a speck on the river surrounded by unincorporated development.

Comparing that to Fishers is probably not fair. Not only is Evansville less affluent than Indianapolis to begin with, but Fishers owns a lot of the wealth and development in its limits. Newburgh doesn't.

However, that part of Warrick County is Evansville's suburb now. There are some folks moving out to Newburgh, and then looking down on the folks who stay in Evansville. That is an unfortunate nature of the human existence anymore.

[jman07]

I was wondering how accurate Wikipedia was on this one. I think the population was way off also. So do you think Newburgh is more stuck up than Indys northern burbs. I never though people outside of carmel were stuck up.

[Colts]

Originally Posted by jman07

I was wondering how accurate Wikipedia was on this one. I think the population was way off also. So do you think Newburgh is more stuck up than Indys northern burbs. I never though people outside of carmel were stuck up.

I never thought the northern suburbs were that stuck up to begin with.

Every large city has affluent high-income areas that are perceived to be pompous, pretentious, etc.

Also, keep in mind that a significant portion of the population in that area consists of affluent transplants from other states (California, Georgia, etc), which I'm guessing is not the case for Southwest Indiana.

[Toxic Toast]

Originally Posted by jman07

I was wondering how accurate Wikipedia was on this one. I think the population was way off also. So do you think Newburgh is more stuck up than Indys northern burbs. I never though people outside of carmel were stuck up.

I don't think people in Newburgh are stuck up at all. I do think there is an attitude in the Evansville area that moving out to the country is just what you do, and the only people that stay in Evansville are poeple too poor to move. Does some of that come from folks in Newburgh? Probably. Does that same attitude exist in Northern Vanderburgh County or Posey County. Yes. I don't think it is a stuck up attitude per se, just a reflection of the culture that exists in the Evansville area.

[jman07]

Originally Posted by Toxic Toast

I don't think people in Newburgh are stuck up at all. I do think there is an attitude in the Evansville area that moving out to the country is just what you do, and the only people that stay in Evansville are poeple too poor to move. Does some of that come from folks in Newburgh? Probably. Does that same attitude exist in Northern Vanderburgh County or Posey County. Yes. I don't think it is a stuck up attitude per se, just a reflection of the culture that exists in the Evansville area.

I'm not sure about Posey county, but I think they are known as "hicks", especially if your anywhere outside Vanderburgh county, unless its Newburgh. I also think the "eastsiders" and Newburgh are almost one in the same. Both have the same type of residents who are much more white collar. I think even a lot of far west siders are stuck up.