Indian Heights is a neighborhood in Kokomo, Howard County,

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, United States. Indian Heights was a

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(CDP) also before its annexation into Kokomo. The population was 3,011 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area. On January 1, 2012, the neighborhood of Indian Heights was legally annexed into the city of Kokomo's corporate boundary. Mohawk Park is the only public park in the region; however, Taylor Elementary School has a playground in the back of the school. It also has some neighborhoods, the most famous being Ojibway, Miami, Algonquin, and Mohawk, which are named after

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Geography

Indian Heights is located at . According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land.

History

Built in 1956 by Lusk Corporation and U.S. Steel, Indian Heights was long an unincorporated community and CDP outside Kokomo and grew rapidly. Kokomo annexed Indian Heights into the city in 2012, and Indian Heights now receives emergency

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services from Kokomo rather than the county. Indian Heights still uses Taylor Schools though despite being in Kokomo since it is a part of Taylor Township. By definition a CDP can not be an incorporated place, it can have no structured government, and has to be directly against another incorporated place, or have clearly defined natural boundaries. With that in mind Indian Heights is no longer eligible to be a CDP for Howard County. Instead it is possible for New London,

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, or

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to take its place in the next election as they all fall under those guidelines.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 3,274 people, 1,213 households, and 930 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,262 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.65%

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, 2.84%

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, 0.34% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.46% from other races, and 1.62% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.44% of the population. There were 1,213 households, out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were

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living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.10. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 30.8% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $45,444, and the median income for a family was $50,128. Males had a median income of $45,909 versus $21,250 for females. The

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for the CDP was $18,062. About 4.1% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the

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, including 6.1% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Since mid-2013, Indian Heights has been covered by Kokomo City-Line Trolley, as it is now part of the city. Indian Heights is on the southern loop for the Red Line.

Highways

SR 26 to Lafayette (west) and Hartford City (east) * Indiana 931

SR 931 to Kokomo (north) and

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(south)

References

External links

Howard County Community Net
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