Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	1,745	58	6.2%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	4,918	57	17.6%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	2,321	56	8.3%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	6,930	61	24.8%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	7,723	55	27.6%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	4,327	53	15.5%	12.8%
Median Age	39.5			Median Age = 36.7

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	57	64	0.2%	0.3%
Asian Alone	88	60	0.3%	1.4%
Black Alone	98	78	0.4%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	8	47	0.0%	0.0%
White Alone	27,509	56	98.4%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	204	58	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	27,430	57	98.1%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	534	51	1.9%	5.2%

Source: US Census Bureau

Household Types	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Households in 2000 (Includes detail not shown below)	10,402	56	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	2,911	55	28.0%	23.8%
Married Without Children	3,524	55	33.9%	29.8%
Single Parents	736	62	7.1%	9.1%
Living Alone	2,423	56	23.3%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2008 (estimate)	11,674	61	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	10,970	62	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	8,420 $87,900	54 40	76.8% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	1,982 $458	62 49	18.1% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	5,107	53	0.4%	1,154,826
Public	4,885	55	0.5%	1,045,702
Private	222	93	0.2%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	363	52	0.6%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	289	56	0.5%	52,698
4-year	211	48	0.5%	38,566
2-year	38	90	0.4%	9,783
Voc/tech.	40	22	0.9%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	17,767	56	0.5%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	87.3%	8		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	14.3%	32		19.4%

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; US Census Bureau
Notes: 1) Private enrollment includes home schools. 2) County rankings for high-school graduates continuing to higher education are subject to revision.

Income and Poverty	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Per Capita Personal Income (annual) in 2007	$28,947	49	87.2%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$45,662	43	96.3%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	8.5%	80	69.1%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	11.4%	80	66.7%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	42	84	0.1%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	1,490	75	0.2%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	1,320	67	0.3%	436,945

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration;
Indiana Department of Education

Health and Vital Statistics in 2005	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Births	306	63	0.4%	87,088
Births to Teens	21	80	0.2%	9,604
Deaths	240	63	0.4%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	14,750	55	0.5%	3,230,367
Employed	13,916	55	0.5%	3,039,795
Unemployed	834	61	0.4%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	5.7	60	96.6%	5.9
September 2009 Unemployment Rate	9.1	53	98.9%	9.2

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2007 (NAICS)	Employment	Pct Dist. in County	Earnings ($000)	Pct Dist. In County	Avg. Earnings Per Job
Total by place of work	14,963	100.0%	$487,596	100.0%	$32,587
Wage and Salary	11,841	79.1%	$356,892	73.2%	$30,140
Farm Proprietors	639	4.3%	$10,151	2.1%	$15,886
Nonfarm Proprietors	2,483	16.6%	$30,577	6.3%	$12,315
Farm	843	5.6%	$13,469	2.8%	$15,977
Nonfarm	14,120	94.4%	$474,127	97.2%	$33,578
Private	12,559	83.9%	$409,136	83.9%	$32,577
Accommodation, Food Serv.	701	4.7%	$6,783	1.4%	$9,676
Arts, Ent., Recreation	121	0.8%	$1,259	0.3%	$10,405
Construction	774	5.2%	$22,444	4.6%	$28,997
Health Care, Social Serv.	1,730	11.6%	$58,921	12.1%	$34,058
Information	119	0.8%	$3,782	0.8%	$31,782
Manufacturing	2,470	16.5%	$139,937	28.7%	$56,655
Professional, Tech. Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Retail Trade	1,558	10.4%	$28,053	5.8%	$18,006
Trans., Warehousing	1,648	11.0%	$56,500	11.6%	$34,284
Wholesale Trade	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Other Private (not above)	2,357*	15.8%*	$47,153*	9.7%*	$20,006*
Government	1,561	10.4%	$64,991	13.3%	$41,634

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Residential Building Permits in 2008	Units	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State	Cost ($000)	State Cost ($000)
Total Permits Filed	65	100.0%	100.0%	$10,835	$2,470,264
Single Family	45	69.2%	70.8%	$9,115	$2,136,514
Two Family	0	0.0%	1.9%	$0	$28,170
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	1.2%	$0	$18,059
Five families and More	20	30.8%	26.0%	$1,720	$287,521

Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding.

Commuting Patterns - Top 5 in 2007
Into Wells FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Wells TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	2,878	17.1%	All Areas	5,741	29.1%
Adams County	685	4.1%	Allen County	3,796	19.3%
Allen County	662	3.9%	Adams County	759	3.9%
Huntington County	487	2.9%	Huntington County	425	2.2%
Blackford County	385	2.3%	Grant County	150	0.8%
Jay County	283	1.7%	Blackford County	121	0.6%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue