Needham ranks #61 in Indiana for health insurance
Needham is ranked on 33 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Needham does best on
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Needham marked.
Needham lands in the top half on 11 of 20 lists
Each dot is Needham’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Needham does best come first.
More vacation homes than 70% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Needham’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Where Needham 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.
Health
Healthiest#1 Carmel · 96 / 100
#172
Lowest obesity#1 Notre Dame · 25%
#305
Fewest smokers#1 Carmel · 8%
#110
Most active#1 Carmel · 15%
#152
Fewest uninsured#1 Zionsville · 4%
#61
Lowest depression#1 East Chicago · 19%
#378
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#88 
People
Most educated#1 Notre Dame · 79.5%
#145
Youngest#1 Notre Dame · 20.3
#375
Oldest#1 Clay · 58.6
#226
Most residents 65+#1 Jamestown · 35.8%
#288
Most kids#1 Van Buren · 45.1%
#399 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Washington · 49.8%
#479
Most trails#1 Winona Lake · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#151
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#358 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#488 Cost of living
C Most affordable#1 Country Squire Lakes · 0.4 yrs #488
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#489
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#530
Rent easiest to afford#1 Vernon · 21.3%
Climate
Snowiest#1 Michigan City · 65 in
#415
Least snow#1 Jeffersonville · 4.3 in
#178
Mildest winters#1 Tell City · 25.5°
#168
Hottest summers#1 Pigeon · 88.4°
#169
Coolest summers#1 Michigan City · 82.2°
#380
Longest growing season#1 Jeffersonville · 225 days
#315
Wettest#1 Ferdinand · 51 in
#196 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#183
Most new homes#1 Whitestown · 44.0 per 1,000
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Logan · +90.9%
#222
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Speedway · 35.1 per home
Safety
Safest#1 St. John · 2.5
The number on the right is Needham’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.