Switz City, Indiana

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Switz City is a town in Greene County, Indiana, United States. The population was 311 at the 2000 census.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Community
4 Demographics
5 External links

[edit] History

Switz City, Indiana offers many great historical sites and much, much more. If you are interested in learning more or visiting Switz City, Indiana or Greene County Indiana then check out The Greene County Indiana Visitors & Community Information Center

[edit] Geography

Switz City is located at 39°2′3″N, 87°3′16″W (39.034260, -87.054533)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²), all land.

[edit] Community

The Greene County Indiana Visitor's & Community Information Center can be found at www.VisitGreeneIN.com. The site is ran to provide a wide variety of services to Greene County, Indiana. It is the #1 site for Greene County.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 311 people, 125 households, and 90 families residing in the town. The population density was 545.8/km² (1,386.8/mi²). There were 137 housing units at an average density of 240.4/km² (610.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.75% White, 0.32% African American, 0.64% Native American, 0.32% Pacific Islander, 0.96% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.29% of the population.

There were 125 households out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.0% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the town the population was spread out with 25.1% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.8 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $45,000. Males had a median income of $26,354 versus $21,563 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,493. About 12.5% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.8% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.