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Population (year 2000): 8,175. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,652 (+5.8% change)
Males: 3,808 (46.6%), Females: 4,367 (53.4%)
Gibson County
Zip code:
47670
Median resident age: 37.6 years
Median household income: $26,689 (year 2000)
Median house value: $56,400 (year 2000)
Races in Princeton:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.7%)
- Black (5.4%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
- Japanese (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (17.0%), United States
(16.4%), Irish (12.9%), English (11.4%), French (2.9%), Welsh
(2.1%).
Elevation: 500 feet
Land area: 4.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Princeton
- High school or higher: 74.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 6.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Princeton city
- Never married: 21.2%
- Now married: 52.8%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 11.5%
- Divorced: 13.7%
1.6% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -284 (-3.4%).
Hospital/medical center in Princeton:
- GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL (1808 SHERMAN DRIVE)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Princeton:
- WIRTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; OAKLAND
CITY, IN)
- WABASH GENERAL HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 18 miles;
MOUNT CARMEL, IL)
- GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; VINCENNES,
IN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Princeton:
- EVANSVILLE REGIONAL (about 23 miles; EVANSVILLE, IN;
ID: EVV)
- OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY (about 51 miles; OWENSBORO,
KY; ID: OWB)
- TERRE HAUTE INTERNATIONAL-HULMAN FIELD (about 78
miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; ID: HUF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Princeton:
- RALPH E. KOCH (about 18 miles; POSEYVILLE, IN; ID:
61Y)
- MOUNT CARMEL MUNI (about 20 miles; MOUNT CARMEL, IL;
ID: AJG)
- O'NEAL (about 23 miles; VINCENNES, IN; ID: OEA)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Princeton:
- VINCENNES UNIVERSITY (about 23 miles; VINCENNES, IN;
Full-time enrollment: 6,201)
- UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE (about 27 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,440)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA (about 28 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 7,510)
- TRINITY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-TRINITY COLLEGE (about
31 miles; NEWBURGH, IN; FT enrollment: 2,986)
- IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-WABASH VALLEY (about 73
miles; TERRE HAUTE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,099)
- INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles; TERRE
HAUTE, IN; FT enrollment: 9,597)
- EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles;
CHARLESTON, IL; FT enrollment: 9,582)
Public high school in Princeton:
- PRINCETON COMM HIGH SCH (Students: 590;
Location: OLD HWY 41N; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Princeton:
- TEMPLE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 41;
Location: 1104 S STOUT ST; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Princeton:
- PRINCETON COMMUNITY MIDDLE (Students: 520;
Location: 410 E STATE ST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BRUMFIELD ELEMENTARY (Students: 497;
Location: RR 3 OLD HWY 41N; Grades: 03 - 05)
- LOWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 473;
Location: 215 W WATER ST; Grades: KG - 02)
Private primary/middle schools in Princeton:
- ST JOSEPH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 156;
Location: 427 S STORMONT STREET; Grades: PK - 5)
- BETHEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 107;
Location: 1520 OUTER S MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 8)
Library in Princeton:
- PRINCETON PL (Operating income: $343,641;
Location: 124 S HART ST; 44,058 books; 1,058 audio
materials; 471 video materials; 78 serial subscriptions)
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