Sparta ranks #137 in Indiana for low obesity
Sparta is ranked on 30 lists against the 602 Indiana towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 1.
Shorter growing season than 95% of Indiana
Not better or worse, just Sparta’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Sparta 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.
Sparta lands in the top half on 6 of 17 lists
Each dot is Sparta’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in IN, the right end is last. Areas where Sparta does best come first.
The lists Sparta does best on
Each list ranks every IN town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Sparta marked.
Where Sparta 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
#288
Lowest obesity#1 Notre Dame · 25%
#137
Fewest smokers#1 Carmel · 8%
#431
Most active#1 Carmel · 15%
#207
Fewest uninsured#1 Zionsville · 4%
#174
Lowest depression#1 East Chicago · 19%
#214
Closest to a top hospital#1 East Chicago · 0.1 mi
#230 
People
Most educated#1 Notre Dame · 79.5%
#406
Youngest#1 Notre Dame · 20.3
#427
Oldest#1 Clay · 58.6
#178
Most residents 65+#1 Jamestown · 35.8%
#51
Most kids#1 Van Buren · 45.1%
#470 Cost of living
C Most affordable#1 Country Squire Lakes · 0.4 yrs #428
Cheapest rent#1 Madison · $537/mo
#532
Lowest property tax#1 Grissom AFB · $199/yr
#464
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
#339
Most walkable#1 Bicknell · 197 / sq mi
#564 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Notre Dame · 10.4 min
#587 Climate
Snowiest#1 Michigan City · 65 in
#448
Least snow#1 Jeffersonville · 4.3 in
#147
Mildest winters#1 Tell City · 25.5°
#102
Hottest summers#1 Pigeon · 88.4°
#172
Coolest summers#1 Michigan City · 82.2°
#383
Longest growing season#1 Jeffersonville · 225 days
#573
Wettest#1 Ferdinand · 51 in
#124 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Jamestown · 39%
#557
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 Sparta’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.