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Towns and Communities Served in and Around Wayne County, IN

Requests can come by phone or through the online form from Richmond, IN and the towns around it, on both sides of the Indiana-Ohio line. This page names those places and gives the ZIP-level Census counts for each, labeled by ZIP because a ZIP and a town are not the same area.

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Sageford Loans, in Richmond, Indiana, takes funding requests by phone and online form from Wayne County, IN and nearby towns in Union, Fayette and Randolph counties, IN and Preble and Darke counties, OH. This page names those places and gives ZIP Code Business Patterns counts, labeled by ZIP.

Centerville, IN, Cambridge City, IN and Hagerstown, IN West of Richmond, IN

Three Wayne County, IN towns sit west of Richmond, IN. ZIP Code Business Patterns counted 67 employer establishments in ZIP 47330 (Centerville), 116 in ZIP 47327 (Cambridge City) and 85 in ZIP 47346 (Hagerstown) in 2023 (ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). Each ZIP covers far more land than its town, so these are ZIP figures, not town figures.

Liberty, IN and Connersville, IN to the South and Southwest

Liberty, IN is the seat of Union County, IN, and Connersville, IN is in Fayette County, IN. ZIP 47353 (Liberty) had 112 employer establishments and ZIP 47331 (Connersville) had 395 in 2023 (ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). Wayne County, IN counts on this site do not describe either town.

Preble and Darke County, OH Towns East of Richmond, IN

Ohio towns east of Richmond, IN can send requests too. ZIP 45347 (New Paris, Preble County, OH) had 61 employer establishments, ZIP 45320 (Eaton, Preble County, OH) had 326 and ZIP 45331 (Greenville, Darke County, OH) had 585 in 2023 (ZIP Code Business Patterns 2023). Funding partners consider requests from Ohio businesses on their own criteria.

Smaller Wayne County, IN Places Near Richmond, IN

Spring Grove, Boston, Whitewater, Fountain City, Greens Fork, Milton, Dublin, Economy, Mount Auburn and East Germantown, IN are smaller Wayne County, IN towns. Their ZIP counts are too small to describe them, so no figures are given here; businesses there can send a request the same way.

Wayne County, IN Employers and Nonemployers, Counted Separately

Wayne County, IN had 1,453 employer establishments in 2023 (County Business Patterns 2023) and 4,099 businesses without paid employees in 2024 (Nonemployer Statistics 2024). These are separate Census programs and are not added together. The Richmond, IN page breaks the county figures down by sector.

ZIP Figures, Not Town Figures: How This Area List Is Built

A town gets its own page on this site only when there are enough figures specific to that town to say something useful. For the places above, the available counts are ZIP-level, and a ZIP is not a town, so they are listed here instead.

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Employers, Small Shops and the Self-Employed in Wayne County, IN: Census Counts

  • 1,453

    Employer establishments

    Wayne County, IN business locations with at least one paid employee.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023
  • 45.4%

    Employers with fewer than five employees

    Share of Wayne County, IN employer establishments with fewer than five employees.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023
  • 4,099

    Businesses without paid employees

    Wayne County, IN businesses with receipts and no payroll, counted in Nonemployer Statistics.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics 2024
  • 7.5%

    Wayne County residents working for themselves

    Share of employed Wayne County, IN residents who are self-employed; the Indiana share is 8.0%.

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024

Satellite Towns Within Reach

Requests can come by phone or through the online form from Richmond, IN and the towns around it.

Key Questions for Small Firms

Short answers to first questions about starting a request.

Call (765) 224-6354
Can a business in Ohio send a request?

Yes. Funding partners decide whether a request from an Ohio business fits their criteria.

Why are the counts given by ZIP?

The Census publishes these business counts by ZIP code, and a ZIP's area differs from a town's limits.

Near Richmond, IN on Either Side of the State Line?

Call (765) 224-6354 or use the online form.

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