Bright is #1 in Indiana for graduation rate
Bright is ranked on 32 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 9.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bright marked.
Bright lands in the top half on 14 of 19 lists
Each dot is Bright’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Bright does best come first.
More vacation homes than 91% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Bright’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
4 spots from the top 10 for health insurance
Lists where Bright sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Bright 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.
Every IN list, and where Bright lands
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Carmel · 96 / 100
#46
Lowest obesity#1 Notre Dame · 25%
#33
Fewest smokers#1 Carmel · 8%
#66
Most active#1 Carmel · 15%
#50
Fewest uninsured#1 Zionsville · 4%
#14
Lowest depression#1 East Chicago · 19%
#56
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#195 
People
Most educated#1 Notre Dame · 79.5%
#185
Youngest#1 Notre Dame · 20.3
#435
Oldest#1 Clay · 58.6
#173
Most residents 65+#1 Jamestown · 35.8%
#103
Most kids#1 Van Buren · 45.1%
#208 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Washington · 49.8%
#481
Most trails#1 Winona Lake · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#184
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#318 Cost of living
C Most affordable#1 Country Squire Lakes · 0.4 yrs #490
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#207
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#479
Rent easiest to afford#1 Vernon · 21.3%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#490 Climate
Snowiest#1 Michigan City · 65 in
#442
Least snow#1 Jeffersonville · 4.3 in
#155
Mildest winters#1 Tell City · 25.5°
#103
Hottest summers#1 Pigeon · 88.4°
#137
Coolest summers#1 Michigan City · 82.2°
#411
Longest growing season#1 Jeffersonville · 225 days
#130
Wettest#1 Ferdinand · 51 in
#153 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#58
Most new homes#1 Whitestown · 44.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Logan · +90.9%
#141
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Speedway · 35.1 per home
Safety
Safest#1 St. John · 2.5
The number on the right is Bright’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.