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Demographics



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
Romweber Furniture Company Bedroom, Living Room & Dining Room Furniture 165
Kroger Company Grocery 106
Bruns-Gutzwiller Construction General Contractors 80




TRANSPORTATION

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
Children's Healthcare is affiliated with the University of Cincinnati's Hospital. Added on-site MRI lab in 2002. New oncology center to open in 2005.



SITE INFORMATION

For retail site or other information:
Lydia Woodward, Executive Director
Batesville Area Chamber of Commerce
132 South Main Street
Batesville, IN 47006
Phone: 812-934-3101
Fax: 812-932-0202
email: commerce@nalu.net

Mayor Rick Fledderman
City of Batesville
132 South Main Street
Batesville, IN 47006
Phone: 812-933-6100
Fax: 812-933-0698
email: mayor47006@etczone.com

For industrial site information:
Pam Sander, Executive Director
Ripley County Economic Development Corp.
102 South Main Street
P.O. Box 576
Versailles, IN 47042
Phone: 812-689-4344
Fax: 812-689-3044