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This Is Hamilton County, IN (In Greater Indianapolis)
Prepared by:Hamilton County Alliance
June 2007
Summary Hamilton Co. Highlights
Top 25 county in growth in U.S. (2000 - 2006) Leader for household income in U.S. (Top 12) A leading U.S. county for Quality of Life (#8) Sustained employment growth for 15 years Low unemployment rate (3.1%) Proven corporate environment Amenity-rich lifestyle Multiple “Best Places to Live” recognitions High performing public and private schools Young median age population (33.7)
Selected Hamilton County Demographics, 2006 Total Households: 90,172 Households by Income: < than $50k - 26%
> than $100k - 36% Income below poverty: 2.5% Avg. hhld size: 2.73 Blue collar worker occ. 12.4% White collar occupations:78.3% Estimated commuter time: 27 minutes
Population
2006 Est. County Population – 248,170 2000 Co. Population – 182,740 1990 Population – 108,936 2011 Projection – 301,935 Population growing by nearly 6% per year since
early 1990’s 73% of population growth 2000 to 2005 due to net
in-migration
2006 Estimated Population
Clay Twp (Carmel) - 82,046
Delaware/Fall Creek (Fishers)- 73,249 Noblesville Twp (Noblesville)- 43,377 Washington Twp (Westfield) - 28,375 Jackson Twp (Cicero) - 10,240 Adams Twp (Sheridan) - 5,652
Population Growth 4/2000 to 7/2006
Carmel 68% 63,500 Cicero 1% 4,370 Fishers 52% 57,300 Noblesville 39% 39,800 Westfield 173% 25,400 Sheridan 6% 2,810
Hamilton Co. 37% 248,000
Fastest Growing Midwest Counties 2000 to 2006 by Percent Kendall Co., IL (1st in midwest & 2nd nationally) Delaware Co., OH (2nd & 13th) Scott Co., MN (3rd & 21st) Hamilton Co., IN (4th & 26th)
Note: By absolute number, Hamilton Co. is 1st in Midwest with 68,000 increase.
Quality of Life
2004 QoL rankings had Hamilton Co. #8 in the U.S. among 3,141 counties (American Cities Business Magazine)
Fishers #24 in U.S. - Best Places to Live (2005) and #33 in 2006* (CNN-Money)
Noblesville #10 in U.S - Best Places to Raise A Family: The Top 100 Most Affordable Communities
Fishers ranked #15 in rate of job growth 2000 – 2005 Carmel ranked #16 in U.S. for median hhld. income in
2006 Hamilton County is Indiana’s county of choice
*Must have at least 50,000 population
Life Style Amenities
Easy access to downtown Indianapolis Indianapolis Museum of Art & Eiteljorg Museum Indianapolis Colts and Pacers Indianapolis Motor Speedway NCAA Headquarters & Hall of Champions Museum Indianapolis Zoo Indianapolis Children’s Museum
Conner Prairie Living History Museum Morse & Geist Reservoirs Carmel Central Park Ritchie Woods Nature Preserve Verizon Wireless Music Center Monon Trail
Life Style Amenities cont.
Indianapolis Metro and Indianapolis Executive Airports Numerous high quality neighborhoods ($140,000 to
$1,000,000+ homes) Noblesville Courthouse Sq. & Historic District Coxhall Gardens 20+ golf courses including Crooked Stick, Bridgewater,
Prairie View, and Bear Slide and Hawthorns. Clay Terrace Lifestyle Center and Hamilton Town Center
(u/c), and Carmel Arts & Design District
2006 Residential Real Estate
3,608 SF permits issued in Hamilton Co in 2005 1,577 Single-family home permits thru June in 2006 County SF permits down 19% in 2006 28% of all metro area SF permits in 2006 are located
in Hamilton County $248,760 Hamilton County SF average sales price
(resale), May 2006
Education
Four Hamilton County school districts rank in the top 50 in the state for 2005 - 2006 (Westfield, Carmel, Noblesville, and HSE).
Over 44,000 students All four school districts rated Gold Medal School
District by Expansion Mgmt. Magazine. (Top 16% in US)
Only Indiana county with four Gold Medal School Districts in 2005 - 2006.
SAT Cumulative Scores, 2006
Carmel 1661* 82%** Hamilton SE 1602 84% Westfield 1542 62% Noblesville 1532 72% Hamilton Heights 1516 58%
Sheridan 1496 59%
Indiana 1012 56%
*Cumulative score **% seniors taking the test
2006 Educational Attainment
50% of Hamilton Co. adult population has B.A. Degree or better
#1 county in Indiana in educational attainment #14 among all U.S. counties in educational attainment Another 7% of HC adult pop. holds technical degrees 20% of Indiana’s adult population has B.A. or better Monroe County 40% B.A. or better 5% tech. Tippecanoe Co. 34% 5% Boone County 28% 6%
Income
1st among Indiana counties in 2006 in income and has led the state since early 1990’s
County ranked 7th in median household income ($78,930) among U.S. counties in 2005 (with 65,000 to 249,000 population).
Lowest poverty rate in state (2.5%)
2006 Average Household and Per Capita Income by Community
Avg. Hhld. Per Capita Westfield $ 65,858 $24,536 Noblesville $ 87,347 $32,279 Fishers $ 99,437 $37,004 Carmel $119,218 $43,677 Cicero $ 68,367 $27,879 Sheridan $ 52,626 $19,835 Hamilton Co. $103,380 $37,630 Indiana $ 59,120 $23,220
Economic Growth in HC
Job growth has averaged more than 4,000 new jobs/year since 1990 (42,000 in 1990).
Hamilton is leading suburban employment center in metro Indianapolis (Madison 48,700, Johnson 47,600 and Hendricks 42,900).
1,031,225 – Indianapolis metro area employment (7/06), up from 1,011,600 in July, 2004.
2006 Leading Private Employers
Conseco HQ, Financial Services 2,300 Sallie Mae Student Loans 2,000 RCI Travel Services 900 HFC Financial Services 750 Thomson Multimedia U.S. Headquarters 650 Bridgestone/Firestone Industrial/Bldg Products 575 Roche Diagnostics Medical Devices 550 Midwest ISO Energy Grid Mgmt 550 Charles Schwab Co. Nat’l Customer Srvs Ctr 550 Verizon Nat’l In-Bound Call Ctr 525 Entertainment Dist. Grp.Nat’l Distribution Center 450 ADT Security Systems Nat’l Customer Srvs Ctr 425
Top 10 Office Employers
Conseco, Inc. HQ, Financial Services 2,300 Sallie Mae Student Loans 2,000 RCI Travel-Related Srvs. 900 HFC Financial Services 750 Thomson Multimedia U.S. Headquarters 650 Roche Diagnostics Medical Devices 550 Midwest ISO Energy Grid Mgmt 550 Charles Schwab Co. Nat’l Customer Srvs Ctr 550 Verizon Nat’l In-Bound Call Ctr 525 Delta Faucet Co. U.S. Headquarters 350
Top 10 Technology Employers
Thomson Multimedia Entertainment Products 650 Midwest ISO Energy Grid Management 550 Baker Hill Business Process Solutions
180 Ingersol Rand Security Technologies 150 Made2Manage Systems Enterprise Software 140 Disetronic Medical Devices
125 Aprimo Enterprise Mktg. Mgmt. 95 Sarcom Software Development 90 Single Source Systems Enterprise Solutions for Mfg. 60 Software Eng. Professionals Software Development 55
Leading Life Science/Health Care Employers in Hamilton County Clarian North Medical Center Hospital 900 Riverview Hospital Hospital 650 St. Vincent Heart Center of IN. Hospital 600 St. Vincent Carmel Hospital 375 King Systems, Inc. Inhalation Care Prdcts 375 Disetronic, Inc. Insulin Pumps 125 Beck’s Hybrids Traited Seed Corn Prdcts 100 Helmer, Inc. Blood Bank Equipment 90 Zotec Solutions Medical Billing Software 90 Oxford BioSignals Medical Patient Monitoring Equip. 30
Top 10 Industrial Employers
Entertainment Dist. Group Distribution Services 450 Firestone Industrial Products Air Springs 450 Indiana Mills & Mfg., Inc. Straps/Tie Downs 425 King Systems, Inc. Inhalation Care Prdcts. 375 US Foodservice Distribution Services 325 Porter Engineered Systems Seat Reclining Systems 290 Telamon, Inc. Telecom Equipment 225 Biddle Precision Machine Tooling 205 Perfecto Manufacturing Aquariums 190 Industrial Dielectrics Insulation/Resins 175
2006 Estimated Employment
Total County Employment – 132,140
Carmel Employment - 57,390 Fishers Employment - 26,740 Noblesville Employment - 19,040 Westfield Employment - 9,610 Sheridan Employment - 1,050 Cicero Employment - 1,000
Workforce (8/2006)
Indianapolis Metro 4.6% unem. rate 40,738 unemployed 853,982 employed 894,720 workforce
Hamilton County 3.1% unem. rate 3,965 unemployed 125,748 employed 129,713 workforce
Indianapolis Air Service
30 minute drive from Hamilton County via I-465 3 runways Longest runway – 11,200’ 11 major carriers + 8 regional airlines Daily departures – 280 Non-stop destinations – 36 cities Avg. ticket price (one-way) - $134 to $155 New $1billion mid-field terminal under construction
(Fall 2008 completion) Indianapolis Executive & Indianapolis Metro Airports
serve Hamilton County for corporate aircraft.