Batesville, IN Chamber of Commerce

POPULATION

	1990	2000	2020(est)
City	4,720	6,033	7,028
Ripley County	24,616	26,523	30,983
Franklin County	19,580	22,157	25,019

5-mile radius of I-74		8,536
10-mile radius of I-74		21,636
20-mile radius of I-74		71,431*
*includes Ripley, Franklin, Decatur and parts of Dearborn Counties.

INCOME

Average household income	$76,011
Median household income	$56,265
Estimated per capita income	$29,732

LABOR EMPLOYMENT

	Mfg	Retail	Service
Ripley County	5,452	2,470	2,922
Franklin County	422	1,350	1,854

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

	Product	Employment
Hillenbrand Industries, Inc.	Hospital Furniture, Caskets, and pre-arranged Funeral Insurance	3,740
Margaret Mary Community Hospital	Hospital	488
Batesville Tool & Die, Inc.	Tool & Die - Metal Stamping	439
New Horizons Rehabilitation Center	Assembling & Packaging	217
Jasper Company/Romweber Furniture Company	Bedroom, Living Room & Dining Room Furniture	165
Kroger Company	Grocery	106
Bruns-Gutzwiller Construction	General Contractors	80

Rail-Central Railroad of Indianapolis

Highway-Interstate 74, State Hwys 46, 229 & 129

Truck-Three interstate lines provide regular service

Air-Indianapolis International Airport, 60 miles - Greater Cincinnati International Airport, 45 miles

Bus-Greyhound Bus Lines

Barge-None

I-74 INTERSTATE TRAFFIC COUNT (2004 estimated)

On the interstate - 25,225
On the crossroad SR 229 - 30,006

UTILITIES

Electric - Cinergy/PSI & Indiana REMC's
Gas & Water - Batesville Municipal Water & Gas
Telephone - Enhanced Telecommunications & Verizon
Cable - Enhanced Telecommunications & Insight Communications
DSL & Internet-Enhanced Telecommunications and SEI Data

VOCATIONAL COLLEGE / SCHOOLS

Ivy Tech State College, Batesville
College Cooperative Southeast, Batesville
Southeastern Career Center, Versailles
IUPUI Programs, Versailles

COLLEGES / UNIVERSITIES


Franklin College	Franklin, Indiana	43 Miles
Earlham College	Richmond, Indiana	48 Miles
Hanover College	Hanover, Indiana	50 Miles
University of Cincinnati, Ohio	Cincinnati, Ohio	40 Miles
University of Indianapolis	Indianapolis, Indiana	60 Miles
Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	60 Miles
Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	78 Miles
Indiana University	Bloomington, Indiana	81 Miles
Purdue University	West Lafayette, Indiana	135 Miles

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES

	Teacher Ratio	Total Students
One Public Primary School (K-3)	1:15	543
One Public Intermediate School (4-5)	1:13	310
One Public Middle School (6-8)	1:14	417
One Public High School (9-12)	1:16	620
One Parochial Elementary School (K-8)	1:22	437
One Parochial High School	1:10	198

MEDICAL FACILITIES

Hospitals	Beds
Margaret Mary Community Hospital	79 Beds including long-term, critical care, med-surg & ob
Active Staff Physicians	35
Courtesy Physicians	30
Active Staff Dentists	2
Registered Nurses	115
Home Health Aides	27
Hospice Aides	5
Hansen Center

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