Allen ranks #81 in Indiana for cheap rent
Allen is ranked on 34 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
Shorter growing season than 100% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Allen’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Allen does best on
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Allen marked.
Allen lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Allen’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Allen does best come first.
Allen out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Allen lands in every IN ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
C Most affordable#1 Country Squire Lakes · 0.4 yrs #220
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#81
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#181
Rent easiest to afford#1 Vernon · 21.3%
Health
Healthiest#1 Carmel · 96 / 100
#263
Lowest obesity#1 Notre Dame · 25%
#234
Fewest smokers#1 Carmel · 8%
#247
Most active#1 Carmel · 15%
#207
Fewest uninsured#1 Zionsville · 4%
#174
Lowest depression#1 East Chicago · 19%
#101
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#397 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#295 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Washington · 49.8%
#295
Most trails#1 Winona Lake · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#204
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#335 
People
Most educated#1 Notre Dame · 79.5%
#441
Youngest#1 Notre Dame · 20.3
#133
Oldest#1 Clay · 58.6
#472
Most residents 65+#1 Jamestown · 35.8%
#510
Most kids#1 Van Buren · 45.1%
#179 
Climate
Snowiest#1 Michigan City · 65 in
#90
Least snow#1 Jeffersonville · 4.3 in
#510
Mildest winters#1 Tell City · 25.5°
#502
Hottest summers#1 Pigeon · 88.4°
#524
Coolest summers#1 Michigan City · 82.2°
#25
Longest growing season#1 Jeffersonville · 225 days
#600
Wettest#1 Ferdinand · 51 in
#502 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#415
Most new homes#1 Whitestown · 44.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Logan · +90.9%
#144
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Speedway · 35.1 per home
Safety
Safest#1 St. John · 2.5
The number on the right is Allen’s spot. All of Indiana’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every IN list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.