Brooklyn makes Indiana’s top 10 on 2 lists
Brooklyn is ranked on 29 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 5.
More year-round than 99% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Brooklyn’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Brooklyn does best on
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Brooklyn marked.
Brooklyn lands in the top half on 11 of 17 lists
Each dot is Brooklyn’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Brooklyn does best come first.
3 spots from the top 3 for low property taxes
Lists where Brooklyn sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Brooklyn out-ranks 0 of its 2 ranked neighbors
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 Brooklyn lands
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 #62
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#367
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#6
Rent easiest to afford#1 Vernon · 21.3%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Washington · 49.8%
Most trails#1 Winona Lake · 3.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#54 Health
Healthiest#1 Carmel · 96 / 100
#265
Lowest obesity#1 Notre Dame · 25%
#234
Fewest smokers#1 Carmel · 8%
#339
Most active#1 Carmel · 15%
#152
Fewest uninsured#1 Zionsville · 4%
#174
Lowest depression#1 East Chicago · 19%
#378
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#106 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#520 People
Most educated#1 Notre Dame · 79.5%
#550
Youngest#1 Notre Dame · 20.3
#70
Oldest#1 Clay · 58.6
#537
Most residents 65+#1 Jamestown · 35.8%
#547
Most kids#1 Van Buren · 45.1%
#39 Climate
Snowiest#1 Michigan City · 65 in
#213
Least snow#1 Jeffersonville · 4.3 in
#374
Mildest winters#1 Tell City · 25.5°
#178
Hottest summers#1 Pigeon · 88.4°
#178
Coolest summers#1 Michigan City · 82.2°
#374
Longest growing season#1 Jeffersonville · 225 days
#91
Wettest#1 Ferdinand · 51 in
#216 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#596
Most new homes#1 Whitestown · 44.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Logan · +90.9%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Speedway · 35.1 per home
Safety
Safest#1 St. John · 2.5
The number on the right is Brooklyn’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.