About Fishers

Fishers is a medium-sized town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 41,006 people and just one neighborhood, Fishers is the 15th largest community in Indiana.

Fishers is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.68% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Fishers is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fishers who work in management occupations (18.64%), sales jobs (18.64%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.77%).

Also of interest is that Fishers has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Fishers, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the town.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Fishers is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Fishers is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Fishers a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Fishers has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Fishers's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One notable thing about Fishers is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Fishers is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 98.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Fishers is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Fishers Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Fishers is a pretty powerful place. 58.52% of the adults in Fishers have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Fishers in 2000 was $32,709, which is wealthy relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,836 for a family of four. However, Fishers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Fishers home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fishers is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Fishers include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Fishers is English.