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Population (year 2000): 906. Estimated
population in July 2005: 842 (-7.1% change)
Males: 439 (48.5%), Females: 467 (51.5%)
Grant County
Zip code:
46987
Median resident age: 40.4 years
Median household income: $39,722 (year 2000)
Median house value: $71,800 (year 2000)
Races in Sweetser:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.5%)
- Hispanic (2.1%)
- Two or more races (1.4%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (22.1%), English (13.2%),
Irish (12.5%), United States (10.6%), Scottish (3.6%), Italian
(1.5%).
Elevation: 847 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Sweetser
- High school or higher: 84.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.3%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Sweetser town
- Never married: 18.5%
- Now married: 62.2%
- Separated: 0.6%
- Widowed: 8.6%
- Divorced: 10.2%
0.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -63 (-6.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Sweetser:
- GRANT-BLACKFORD MENTAL HEALTH, INC (about 8 miles;
MARION, IN)
- MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; MARION, IN)
- WABASH COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; WABASH, IN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Sweetser:
- GRISSOM ARB (about 27 miles; PERU, IN; ID: GUS)
- ANDERSON MUNICIPAL-DARLINGTON FIELD (about 35 miles;
ANDERSON, IN; ID: AID)
- DELAWARE COUNTY - JOHNSON FIELD (about 36 miles;
MUNCIE, IN; ID: MIE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Sweetser:
- CONVERSE (about 9 miles; CONVERSE, IN; ID: 1I8)
- MARION MUNI (about 10 miles; MARION, IN; ID: MZZ)
- WABASH MUNI (about 13 miles; WABASH, IN; ID: IWH)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Sweetser:
- INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; MARION,
IN; Full-time enrollment: 6,684)
- ANDERSON UNIVERSITY (about 32 miles; ANDERSON, IN;
FT enrollment: 2,116)
- BALL STATE UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; MUNCIE, IN;
FT enrollment: 17,039)
- IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-EAST CENTRAL (about 39 miles;
MUNCIE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,013)
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-FORT WAYNE
(about 58 miles; FT WAYNE, IN; FT enrollment: 7,385)
- BUTLER UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN;
FT enrollment: 3,721)
- INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-INDIANAPOLIS
(about 61 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment:
19,818)
Public primary/middle school in Sweetser:
- SWEETSER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 248;
Location: 614 N MAIN ST; Grades: PK - 05)
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