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America's Best Affordable Places 2011

By on May 26, 2011

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Best Affordable Place in Indiana: Bartholomew County

Population: 76,185
Median family income: $64,075
Households spending more than 30 percent income on housing: 20.6 percent
Unemployment: 8.3 percent
Adult population with bachelor's degrees: 25.8 percent
Major city: Columbus

The main city in Bartholomew County, located in southern Indiana, is Columbus, with a population of about 40,000. The city is known for being safe and having impressive examples of modern architecture, including more than 70 buildings and pieces of public art by internationally noted architects and artists that include I.M. Pei, Dale Chihuly, Eliel Saarinen, John Carl Warnecke, Henry Moore, Harry Weese, and Eero Saarinen, according to the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce. Zillow.com estimates that the median home list price in the city in April 2011 stood at $138,900.
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