Area Identity = Morningside
Population = Maintained at roughly 2,000 persons with monthly fluctuations.
Area Size = approximatly one square mile, ( thirty four blocks ).
Legal Location Description = The Morningside housing addition to the City of Muncie of Center Township of Delaware County of the State of Indiana of the United States of America.
Morningside Neighborhood with its twenty-eight blocks and it's ajacent six block sized little sister McCormick Neighborhood are both commonly identified as the combined thirty-four block area locally refered to as "Morningside" and subsciquently will herein be included in the same identity defination and demographics as so described for the "Morningside & McCormick Crime Watch Coverage Area" or as so idenity shortened as the community of "Morningside" .
Total Crime Watch Coverage area = estimated 2,000 persons
Population per home 1990 = 2 . 78 persons
Population per home 1980 = 2 . 5 persons
Population per home 1970 = Data not available.
Population per home 1960 = 3 . 69 persons
Male v.s. Female 1990 population % = Male 47 % - Female 54 %
Male v.s. Female 1970 & 1980 population = Not available.
Male v.s. Female 1960 population % = Male 51 % - Female 49 %
Unmarried women head households 1960 -to- 1990 same = 4 %
1990 age of occupant majority = 25 -to- 34 years.
1980 age of occupant majority = 25 -to- 44 years.
Senior citizens in households 1990 = 18 %
Senior citizens in households 1980 = 9 %
Residents UNDER age 65 in 1990 = 82 %
Residents UNDER age 65 in 1980 = 91 %
Race Majority Population - Caucasion = 97 %
Race Minority - American Indian, Asian Indian, Black, other = 3 %
1990 = % enrolled in school - NOT available
1980 = 26 % enrolled in school
1970 = 26 % enrolled in school
1960 = 27 % enrolled in school
1990 persons with High school diploma = 61 %
1980 persons with High school diploma = 51 %
1970 persons with High school diploma = 31 %
1960 persons with High school diploma = 26 %
Collage or Trade School educated by 1990 = Unknown
Collage or Trade School educated by 1980 = 11 %
Collage or Trade School educated by 1970 = 4 %
Collage or Trade School educated by 1960 = 3 %
1990 over age 16 males in workforce = 68 %
1970 over age 16 males in workforce = 84 %
1990 over age 16 females in workforce = 56 %
1970 over age 16 females in workforce = 39 %
1990 - 8 % unemployment
1980 - 12 % unemployment
1970 - 6 % unemployment
1960 - 6 % unemployment
Poverty level 1990 = 8 %
Poverty level 1980 = 15 %
Poverty level 1970 = 11 %
1990 over age 65 poverty level = 15 %
1970 over age 65 poverty level = 24 %
Farming = 1 %
Sales and administrative positions = 27 %
Machine operator, general labor = 24 %
Repair and precision parts production = 14 %
Professional and Managament positions = 14 %
Services - providing services to others = 20 %
Homes, Total = 542 in 1996
Property Lots, total = 878 Lots
Property Lots, representative size average = 50 feet X 135 feet
Owner occupied homes 1990 = 62 %
Owner occupied homes 1980 = 70 %
Owner occupied homes 1970 = 75 %
Owner occupied homes 1960 = 81 %
Vacant and abandoned homes 1990 = 6 %
Rental homes 1990 = 39 %
Rental homes 1980 = 34 %
Rental homes 1970 = 25 %
Rental homes 1960 = 15 %
Highest known rent rates, January 1996 = US$450. / month
Lowest known rent rates, January 1996 = US$200. / month
Rental rate average 1990 = US$242.
Rental rate average 1980 = US$293.
Rental rate average 1970 = US$245.
Rental rate average 1960 = US$240
* NOTE ; Rental rates vary based upon location, situation and although less expensive in Morningside I have recieved rate quotes from $450.00 a month to as high as over $2,000 00. a month in western parts of Muncie only a couple miles west from our location
1990 Married Couples = 79 %
1980 Married Couples = 84 %
1970 Married Couples = 91 %
1960 Married Couples = 94 %
1990 divorcees = 14 %
1980 divorcees = 9 %
1970 divorcees = 5 %
1960 divorcees = 2 %
Single head of household 1990 = 20 %
Single head of household 1980 = Not available
Single head of household 1970 = 13 %
Single head of household 1960 = Not available
1990 homes with under 18 = Not available
1980 homes with under 18 = 50 %
1970 homes with under 18 = Not available
1960 homes with under 18 = 70 %
1980 -to- 1989 = 14.5 %
1970 -to- 1979 = 14 %
1960 -to- 1969 = 13 %
1950 -to- 1959 = 31 %
1940 -to- 1949 = 15 %
1929 -to- 1939 = 13 %
The Morningside Creek (aka Muncie Creek, aka Hamilton-Miller Ditch) transverses Morningside in a roughly 45 degree angle entering from the north-east and departing from the south-west.
The Morningside Creek facilitates the drainage of approximatly ten square miles, originating in the southern half of Section Number 32 in Hamilton Township of Delaware County in the State of Indiana, the United States of America , predominatly flowing in a general south-westernly manner approximatly seven miles to terminate at White River at Muncie, Indiana.
Based upon my 1995 research from up-dated 1990 statistics there are 140 homes located inside the "One Hundred Year Flood Plain" of the Morningside Creek.
Prohibative construction and land use restrictions apply at those properties located within the "100 Year Flood Plain" , where property owners can recieve a fine as high as $50,000.00 plus daily additional lesser fines from one or more government agency if in violation.
Violations can be imposed for such examples as adding fill dirt to low water accumulation areas in their yard or constructing a storage shed, etc.
