<p>With more homes being built and schools in demand, Johnson County continues to grow by bringing in new families.</p>
<p>As of 2016, 15 percent of the county’s population were residents who moved into Johnson County from outside of the county, state and nation over the past year, according to U.S. Census data.</p>
<p>The majority of those people moved in from another county in the state, according to the data.</p>
<p>Of local communities, Bargersville has the highest percent of residents who moved from a different part of the state. Of the 6,710 people who live in Bargersville, 615 — or 9 percent — had moved from a different county within Indiana, according to the data.</p>
<p>“People moving to Johnson County usually ask for Greenwood, Franklin or Center Grove schools. They don’t typically think about some of the smaller towns,” area realtor Ron Rose said.</p>
<p>But with new home construction booming in Bargersville, where hundreds of new homes are planned in the coming years, the town is becoming much more well-known to buyers, Rose said. Students also go to Center Grove schools, which is also in high demand, real estate agents have said.</p>
<p>Of the residents who have moved to Johnson County from another part of the state, typically most are from Marion County, according to IRS migration data.</p>
<p>Some other top Indiana counties contributing to Johnson County’s growth are: Bartholomew, Morgan and Shelby counties, according to the data.</p>
<p>But residents do move out of the county each year, too.</p>
<p>Most people who leave Johnson County do so for homes in Marion County, Bartholomew County, Morgan County or Hendricks County, according to the data.</p>
<p>Of the 826 Johnson County residents who moved to a different state, 437 of them moved to the south.</p>[sc:pullout-title pullout-title="At a glance" ][sc:pullout-text-begin]<p>Here is a look at the percentage of residents who moved from another county to a local community in the last year:</p>
<p>Bargersville: 9 percent</p>
<p>Edinburgh: 7 percent</p>
<p>Franklin: 6 percent</p>
<p>Greenwood: 8 percent</p>
<p>New Whiteland: 3 percent</p>
<p>Prince’s Lakes: 4 percent</p>
<p>Trafalgar: 8 percent</p>
<p>Whiteland: 3 percent</p>
<p>SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau</p>[sc:pullout-text-end]
