A Southern Indiana town just 10 miles north of Downtown Louisville is one of the best suburbs in the U.S., according to Louisville Business First’s reporting on a recent study.
Sellersburg, Indiana, came in at No. 19 on SmartAsset’s ranking of best suburbs to live in near a large city. SmartAsset is a publisher of consumer-focused financial guides. Sellersburg ranked No. 19 overall out of 494 places in the study.
Here’s how it came up with the ranking:
Jobs, including median household income, five-year growth in income and unemployment rate;
Affordability, including housing costs as a percent of income, home value-to-income ratio and estimated annual cost of living; and
Livability, including high school graduation rate, dining and entertainment as a percent of all establishments and crime rates.
While Sellersburg scored lower for jobs (69) and livability (69), it had high marks for affordability (80). The town, which has just over 9,000 residents, is home to multiple private schools, one of the top-ranked public school systems in the state, Silver Creek School Corp., and Ivy Tech Community College, according to the town’s website.
Sellersburg is also one of the wealthiest zip codes in the Louisville region, according to Louisville Business First research. Its median household income was about $75,400 in 2020, and nearly 8% of households there earned $200,000-plus incomes.
SmartAsset analyzed about 500 suburbs located within 15 minutes to an hour by car of a large city, which it categorized as those with a population of at least 250,000 people.
***CHANGES FOR 2022 Fall Clean Week – Please Read All Information Below***
Due to construction at the Town of Sellersburg Wastewater Plant, the 2022 Fall Clean-Up will be located at Clark County Transfer & Recycling.
Clark County Transfer is located at:
5321 County Road 403
Sellersburg, IN 47172
2022 Fall Clean Week will be Monday, October 10th through Saturday, October 15th. Monday-Friday hours are 6am-4pm with Saturday hours being 7:30am-noon.
Items NOT accepted:
-Any cleaning products, paints, or oils
-No Batteries
-No Asbestos
-No Hazardous Materials
-No Construction Debris (Includes drywall, decking, fence, concrete or asphalt)
-No Televisions
-No Refrigerators
High volumes of cardboard or recyclable materials should be taken to Clark County Recycling located at 112 Industrial Way, Charlestown IN.
Proof of Residency is Required: Driver’s License and Town of Sellersburg Utility Bill showing your matching address that receives Sanitation Service (Trash Collection) must be shown at the check-in station. Failure to do so will result in having to pay Clark County Transfer at the window. This service is only available to those residents who have Town of Sellersburg Sanitation (Trash Collection).
Yard waste may also be disposed of at the same location at no cost.
The Town Council will be preparing to fill select vacancies on several Boards & Commissions for 2023.
They are looking for those residents who are best and most qualified for the Boards/Commissions they apply for. As part of this process, the Town now has an online application system found on our website under the Boards & Commissions area of the Main Menu.
To submit your name and qualifications for consideration, please click the link below to complete the *online application.
From the 2040 Comprehensive Plan: “The area north of CR 311 at Camp Run Parkway is targeted for a new town center that would allow multiple uses, improve connectivity, define the community’s character, and create a destination within Sellersburg. The town is planning an extension of Camp Run Parkway that would connect CR 311 to IN 60 at Poindexter Lane…”
“The town center has the opportunity to define the character and create a distinct image for Sellersburg. Design standards should be used to direct development in terms of building materials, building orientation, setbacks, height, lighting, signage, landscaping, parking, and pedestrian amenities.”
In early 2022, through the Redevelopment Commission, the Town broke ground on the Camp Run/American Way project. A $4.5M road project to connect SR60 and CO 311 through the Town Center District. Together with INDOT funding the $2.5M intersection improvement on SR60, this area will be the focus for attracting new business and entertainment for the residents of Sellersburg and surrounding communities.
Town Center District (TCD) is not a place, it is an idea. It is a concept of design standards for attracting a certain type of investment. The TCD has upgraded architectural standards along with public spaces featuring buildings at sidewalk, on-street/rear parking, pedestrian amenities, buildings oriented towards the street. This image is a representation of the future vision for the TCD.
Below is a news story from 9/2/2022 featured on WRDB News.
SELLERSBURG, Ind. (WDRB) — Officials in Sellersburg hope a massive project under construction that will connect Highway 60 to Highway 311 helps the town realize its vision of attracting people to visit, work, play and live.
Camp Run Parkway, right off of Highway 60, has been called the “road to nowhere.” But now, it’s on its way to becoming a road to better places.
American Way, which is the name of the new road that will connect Highway 60 and Highway 311, features the newly paved road, sidewalks and a large roundabout at the turn. It’s a $4.5 million project that’s funded by a private donor.
While the road appears close to being finished, it won’t completely open until the Indiana Department of Transportation installs a $2.4 million stoplight at the entrance of American Way at Highway 60.
“A lot of people are going to try to think that this is going to be a cut through,” Sellersburg Town Council President Brad Amos said. “It’s not necessarily our desire. Our desires are for people who want to come in here and shop and work and enjoy their family times.”
Due to Sellersburg’s lack of a main street area, the town created American Way with intentions of it becoming a town center district.
“This will be the area we expect people to come to if they want to walk with their kids, if they want to bicycle through here, if they want to come in and visit boutiques or small businesses along the way,” Councilman Terry Langford said.
Visions for the area include boutiques, shops, restaurants and other small businesses.
“We don’t want a bulging business industrial back in here,” Langford said. “We want to keep it down. We want a Main Street USA-type feel.”
Town officials expect the road to open sometime next spring, and they believe businesses will follow soon after.
The project is keeping up with its town’s growth.
“I think, at the end of the day, everybody will see the exciting things we have in mind,” Amos said.
The Town of Sellersburg will be conducting storm water pipe repairs under Poindexter Ln. and Mayfair Dr. on August 17th & 18th.
These repairs require road cuts and excavation work that will require temporary road closures beginning Wednesday morning of August 17th lasting through early evening of Thursday August 18th.
Thank you in advance for your understanding and patience while we work to do these repairs.
While the official final day for normal swimming is 7/31/22, there will be a BONUS Saturday August 6th from 2-6pm. We would like to stay open long into the season, we do not have enough available life guards to cover an extended season past schools going back into session. The Annual Pooch Plunge is scheduled for August 14th from 2-4pm.
As previously announced, the Town was to begin an improvement project at Mosley Park with help from the Federal Land and Water Conservation (FLWC) Grant. Originally planned to begin by the end of August; the project included ADA improvements, the addition of a splash pad play area, a new basketball court, a playground, and parking improvements. Unfortunately, the lowest bid for the project came in $400,000 over budget due to costs being driven up by material/labor shortages and unprecedented inflation from the time of the grant approval to the time of bidding.
The Parks Board and Town Council are currently working to review the bid tabulations to re-scope and re-bid to move this project forward. All of this is being done while staying within the requirements of the FLWC Grant and what is available within the Parks Board’s budget. Once a decision is made, there will be an update to this post as it relates to the Mosley Park improvements.
Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding as we work to improve this community asset and continue to reinvest into our Town!
