Delaware County, Indiana

Discover Delaware County - an east central Indiana community of opportunity

The GIS department is always looking to display local data in unique ways to answer questions.
GIS Analyst Bryan Preston performed analysis on our local property databases to develop some new and interesting maps.


Click on the Titles below to view the maps they describe.

Muncie Properties with Owners outside of Delaware County/Indiana

This map shows all properties that are owned by people or companies that are located outside Delaware County, and is color coded by Outside Delaware County (light purple) and outside Indiana (dark purple).

27.47% of Muncie’s land area owned outside of Delaware County (exempt and utilities property excluded)

15.51% of Muncie’s parcels owned outside of Delaware County (exempt and utilities property excluded)

12.86% of Muncie’s land area owned outside of Indiana (exempt and utilities property excluded)

6.56% of Muncie’s parcels are owned outside of Indiana (exempt and utilities property excluded)

 

Properties with Owners outside of Delaware County/Indiana - Neighborhood Summaries

This map shows the same information as the above map, but also includes summaries of the data per neighborhood area. (Exempt and utilities property excluded.)

Neighborhood

% parcels non-IN

% parcels non-DC

% land area non-IN

% land area non-DC

Blaine-Southeast

6.92

15.15

14.69

20.97

BSU Area

5.13

28.37

12.00

33.51

Downtown

6.51

25.67

6.14

32.51

East Central

10.21

18.45

7.02

15.70

Forest Park

5.29

18.43

29.88

37.79

Industry

15.80

24.01

26.70

34.11

McKinley-Gilbert

7.99

16.46

10.31

20.43

Morningside

6.91

16.12

8.00

23.54

North Central Area

6.87

15.45

11.36

26.60

North of McGalliard

3.39

9.86

4.31

17.47

Northwest Area

2.56

6.73

3.13

6.18

Old West End

9.38

17.54

10.10

19.41

South Central

11.21

21.97

11.13

23.96

Southside

4.97

10.95

11.32

16.03

Thomas Park/Avondale

6.88

14.65

16.60

23.80

West Area

4.17

7.17

5.54

11.44

Whitely

11.09

20.77

14.43

34.58

 

 Properties with Owners outside of Delaware County/Indiana - Commercial Summaries

This map shows the same information as above, but also provides summary information for the larger commercial areas in Muncie.

70.41% land area of commercial properties along McGalliard have owners outside of Delaware County

28.90% land area of commercial properties Downtown have owners outside of Delaware County

39.14% land area of commercial properties along South Madison have owners outside of Delaware County

 

Residential Properties with Owners outside of Delaware County/Indiana

This map shows residential absentee properties within Muncie, and is color coded by outside Delaware County (light purple) and outside Indiana (dark purple).

9.7% of residential land area owned outside of Delaware County

12.58% of residential parcels owned outside of Delaware County

3.86% of residential land area owned outside of Indiana

5.22% of residential parcels are owned outside of Indiana

 

Location of Delaware County Property Owners that reside outside of Indiana

This map shows the location and density of where people that own land in Delaware County, but reside outside of the State of Indiana. (Exempt and utilities property excluded.)

Most DC parcels owned by state (excluding IN):

CA          399

FL            356

OH          331

TX           199

IL             145

MI          144

19 parcels have owners outside of the US (Canada and Australia)

 

Agricultural Land in Delaware County - Out of County/State Owners

This map shows Agricultural land owned by out of county (not including neighboring counties) as well as outside of Indiana property owners.

16.07% of agricultural land area owned outside of Delaware County and bordering zip codes

13.33% of agricultural parcels owned outside of Delaware County and bordering zip codes

7.01% of agricultural land area owned outside of Indiana

5.61% of agricultural parcels are owned outside of Indiana

 

Tax Exempt Properties - Delaware County.

This map color codes them by type and shows the distribution of them for all of Delaware County.

2.65% of Delaware County's land area is exempt properties

4.75% of Delaware County’s parcels are exempt properties

16.89% of Muncie's land area is exempt properties

5.22% of Muncie’s parcels are exempt properties

 

Delaware County:

1866 Government parcels

489 Religious parcels

418 Education parcel

80 Charity parcels

2853 Total

 

Muncie:

884 Government parcels

287 Religious parcels

346 Education parcel

65 Charity parcels

1582 Total