Nappanee ranks #5 in Indiana for trails
Nappanee is ranked on 35 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Nappanee does best on
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Nappanee marked.
Nappanee lands in the top half on 8 of 21 lists
Each dot is Nappanee’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Nappanee does best come first.
More snow than 94% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Nappanee’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for trails
Lists where Nappanee sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Nappanee out-ranks 0 of its 4 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.
Where Nappanee 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.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Washington · 49.8%
#62
Most trails#1 Winona Lake · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#5
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#163 Safety
Safest#1 St. John · 2.5
#24 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#191 Cost of living
C Most affordable#1 Country Squire Lakes · 0.4 yrs #417
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#178
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#430
Rent easiest to afford#1 Vernon · 21.3%
Health
Healthiest#1 Carmel · 96 / 100
#409
Lowest obesity#1 Notre Dame · 25%
#487
Fewest smokers#1 Carmel · 8%
#431
Most active#1 Carmel · 15%
#275
Fewest uninsured#1 Zionsville · 4%
#504
Lowest depression#1 East Chicago · 19%
#378
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#393 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#153
Most new homes#1 Whitestown · 44.0 per 1,000
#115
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Logan · +90.9%
#356
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Speedway · 35.1 per home
#21 
The number on the right is Nappanee’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.