Any look at I-69 in Indiana or the nation
points back to Evansville Indiana.
Evansville's cultivated community
inferiority complex and feeling of being owed something.
Justification for the building of I-69 always comes down to
"Evansville is the red haired step child of Indianapolis". COUNT
US! is not making this up, the "red haired" is not always expressed,
but the forgotten "step child" theme has been repeated often enough to
have become widely accepted. Pushed to the limit, Evansville
supporters of I-69 will always fall back on this justification for
building I-69, no matter the cost or obstacle.
October 17 2005, the Evansville Courier Journal did an online
poll of their readers.
How would you rate the
wages in this region?
Here is the result of their "unscientific" poll:
Fully 86.8% of those who responded think Evansville, Indiana rates poor
or fair.
Only 13.2% of those who responded think Evansville wages are good or
above.
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This can be demonstrated as
an error in perception.
COUNT US! has long posted Indiana Department of Workforce Development
"Regional Planning Zone" data that shows Evansville is near the top in
Indiana for income per capita.
For the multi-county regions surrounding these cities, the income per
capita is:
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State wide
rating
12 total
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Average Annual
Income Per Capita Indiana Dept. of Workforce
Development statistics
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Cost of living
adjusted home owners to Indianapolis income basis
(if you made 33,899, it would buy...)
www.homefair.com
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This table
rating
4 total
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| Evansville |
3rd
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29, 175
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35891
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2nd
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Indianapolis
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1st
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33,899
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33899
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3rd
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South Bend,
Michigan City
Mishawaka
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2nd
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29,260
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36720
South Bend
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1st
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Terre Haute
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12th
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23808
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33278
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The calculation above shows that among Indiana's
highest income regions, Evansville has the second highest spending
power based on income compared to the cost of living. This
is if you are a home owner.
If you are a renter the table below demonstrates you are relatively the
richest of Hoosiers:
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State wide
rating
12 total
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Average Annual
Income Per Capita Indiana Dept. of Workforce
Development statistics
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Cost of living
adjusted home renters to Indianapolis income basis
(if you made 33,899 it would buy...
www.homefair.com
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This
table
rating
4 total |
| Evansville |
3rd
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29, 175
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38494
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1st
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Indianapolis
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1st
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33,899
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33899
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2nd
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South Bend,
Michigan City
Mishawaka
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2nd
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29,260
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32888
South Bend
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3rd
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Terre Haute
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12th
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23808
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31515
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Presentation of the Department of Work Force Development data can be
found on the COUNT US! page
I:69: Not a
highway for the
NEEDY, A highway for the GREEDY |
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Cost of living data from
www.homefair.com
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if you are a
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if you
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If you make $30,000 in
Evansville, here is what you
need to live in other cities.
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Home
owner
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Rent
home
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Evansville
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30,000 |
30,000
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| Anderson |
29,915
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33,250
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Bloomington
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31,908
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33,559
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Carmel
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33181
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35882
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Clarksville
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32959
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32959
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Columbus
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31693
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35646
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Crown Point
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32976
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36697
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Elkhart
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30966
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35574
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Fishers
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31562
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32687 |
Fort Wayne
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27129
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31111
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Franklin
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31185
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31185
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Gary
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28759
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36065
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Geist
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31389
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31389
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Goshen
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29866
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36575
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Greenfield
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29810
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29810
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Greenwood
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33382
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33382
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Griffith
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33565
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38758
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Hammond
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31936
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38779
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Highland
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32169
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37101
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Indianapolis
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31763
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34066
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Jasper
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29228
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33141
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Kokomo
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29855
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35006
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La Porte
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29672
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36177
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Lafayette
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32091
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34752
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Lawrence
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33065
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33065
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Logansport
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30078
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30078
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Marion
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29986
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29986
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Martinsville
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32007
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32007
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Merrillville
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31449
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39340
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Michigan City
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32426
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33623
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Mishawaka
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29580
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29580
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Muncie
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28293
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34808
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Munster
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34817
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38073
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New Albany
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30515
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30515
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Plymouth
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32684
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33879
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Richmond
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30011
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32385
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South Bend
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29323
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35113
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Speedway
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31174
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31174
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Terre Haute
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32356
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36643
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Valparaiso
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37494
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37577
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Vincennes
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28716
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34015
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Wabash
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27764
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27764
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Other States:
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NY, NY
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46948
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49118
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Chicago, IL
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63340
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50457
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St. Louis, MO
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42463
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37986
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Tallahassee, Fl
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36094
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35420
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Flagstaff, AZ
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44173
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41336
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Portland, OR
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37698
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38822
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