Clay ranks #101 in Indiana for low depression
Clay is ranked on 32 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 4.
More kids than 95% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Clay’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Clay does best on
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Clay marked.
Clay lands in the top half on 10 of 18 lists
Each dot is Clay’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Clay does best come first.
Clay out-ranks 0 of its 1 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 Clay 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
#206
Lowest obesity#1 Notre Dame · 25%
#234
Fewest smokers#1 Carmel · 8%
#110
Most active#1 Carmel · 15%
#152
Fewest uninsured#1 Zionsville · 4%
#174
Lowest depression#1 East Chicago · 19%
#101
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#104 People
Most educated#1 Notre Dame · 79.5%
#195
Youngest#1 Notre Dame · 20.3
#82
Oldest#1 Clay · 58.6
#522
Most residents 65+#1 Jamestown · 35.8%
#485
Most kids#1 Van Buren · 45.1%
#33 
Cost of living
C Most affordable#1 Country Squire Lakes · 0.4 yrs #422
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#333
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#450
Rent easiest to afford#1 Vernon · 21.3%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#532 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Washington · 49.8%
#516
Most trails#1 Winona Lake · 3.5 mi / sq mi
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#485 Climate
Snowiest#1 Michigan City · 65 in
#436
Least snow#1 Jeffersonville · 4.3 in
#161
Mildest winters#1 Tell City · 25.5°
#97
Hottest summers#1 Pigeon · 88.4°
#135
Coolest summers#1 Michigan City · 82.2°
#412
Longest growing season#1 Jeffersonville · 225 days
#67
Wettest#1 Ferdinand · 51 in
#130 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#535
Most new homes#1 Whitestown · 44.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Logan · +90.9%
#413
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Speedway · 35.1 per home
Safety
Safest#1 St. John · 2.5
The number on the right is Clay’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.