Porter ranks #5 in Indiana for conserved land
Porter is ranked on 30 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
The lists Porter does best on
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Porter marked.
Porter lands in the top half on 13 of 20 lists
Each dot is Porter’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Porter does best come first.
More vacation homes than 92% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Porter’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for trails
Lists where Porter sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Porter 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.
Where Porter 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%
#5
Most trails#1 Winona Lake · 3.5 mi / sq mi
#11
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#209 
Health
Healthiest#1 Carmel · 96 / 100
#154
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%
#101
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#445 People
Most educated#1 Notre Dame · 79.5%
#191
Youngest#1 Notre Dame · 20.3
#491
Oldest#1 Clay · 58.6
#113
Most residents 65+#1 Jamestown · 35.8%
#184
Most kids#1 Van Buren · 45.1%
#516 
Cost of living
C Most affordable#1 Country Squire Lakes · 0.4 yrs #477
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#379
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#528
Rent easiest to afford#1 Vernon · 21.3%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#49
Most new homes#1 Whitestown · 44.0 per 1,000
#108
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Logan · +90.9%
#428
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Speedway · 35.1 per home
#11 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#491 Climate
Snowiest#1 Michigan City · 65 in
#57
Least snow#1 Jeffersonville · 4.3 in
#540
Mildest winters#1 Tell City · 25.5°
Hottest summers#1 Pigeon · 88.4°
Coolest summers#1 Michigan City · 82.2°
Longest growing season#1 Jeffersonville · 225 days
#158
Wettest#1 Ferdinand · 51 in
Safety
Safest#1 St. John · 2.5
The number on the right is Porter’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.