Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Warren County	78	87.8	80.6	32.1	74.7	94.3
2	Martin County	76.5	87.3	85.5	26	67	87.7
3	Ohio County	76.3	85.1	78.7	27.7	73.8	96.7
4	Switzerland County	76.1	90.7	81.2	25.9	67.2	88.4
5	Tipton County	76	84.2	78.5	34.5	73.4	91.2
6	Pulaski County	75.9	88.8	84.1	22.5	65.5	88.8
7	Union County	75.7	82.4	80.6	35.3	69.6	94.8
8	Wells County	75.5	87.9	79.5	28.9	72.9	77.2
9	Parke County	75.2	88.3	84.1	27	67.4	72.4
10	Clay County	75	89.4	79.9	27.6	70.4	73
11	Brown County	74.9	89	75.2	30.8	73.3	80.3
12	Decatur County	74.8	84.9	79.3	31.8	72.3	76.9
13	Steuben County	74.8	85.9	77.6	30	75.6	72.8
14	Franklin County	74.5	84.9	78.8	35.4	74.3	65.8
15	Posey County	74.5	84.6	79.1	35	78.2	53.7
16	Spencer County	74.5	84.5	81.8	29.7	74.2	60.6
17	Whitley County	74.5	82.6	77.7	32.9	75.6	75.4
18	Carroll County	74.4	86.3	80.6	25.2	71.9	70.4
19	Fountain County	74.4	85	81.1	24.2	70	78.8
20	Jasper County	74.4	88.5	77.2	35.4	71.8	67.2
21	Perry County	74.4	82.2	84.3	23.3	73.5	65
22	Rush County	74.3	84	80.4	25.4	69.6	84.3
23	Fulton County	74.2	87.8	81.3	24.4	66	79.8
24	Pike County	74.2	79.4	84.6	26.6	68.8	80.8
25	Starke County	74.2	85.3	83.9	24.5	66.6	75.1
26	Blackford County	73.9	79.6	86.8	14.4	65.1	91
27	Wabash County	73.7	87.3	81.9	28	69.4	59.1
28	Sullivan County	73.5	83.3	81.4	19.3	69.4	79.4
29	DeKalb County	73.4	84.6	79.8	29.1	73.4	58.7
30	Jay County	73.2	85.3	83.4	18.7	64.2	77.2
31	Putnam County	73.2	88.9	76.2	33.1	72.2	57.2
32	Vermillion County	73.2	82	82.6	22.1	67.9	76.6
33	Benton County	73.1	81	80.3	23.7	64.9	95.2
34	Jennings County	72.7	85.8	78.7	28.1	68.1	68.1
35	Orange County	72.7	86	80.9	25.7	68.7	59.5
36	Crawford County	72.6	81.5	87.4	15.4	62.5	74.2
37	Ripley County	72.6	86.1	79.4	29.8	70.9	53.2
38	White County	72.5	87.3	79.3	26.6	67.8	61.5
39	Harrison County	72.3	86.9	78.4	30.7	71.2	49
40	Dearborn County	72.2	80.9	76.3	37.4	75.4	54.8
41	Clinton County	72.1	84.8	78.5	25	67.4	69.5
42	Dubois County	72	84	80.8	30.3	72.7	40.9
43	Montgomery County	71.9	84.6	79.1	26.8	69	59
44	Randolph County	71.9	78.9	83.8	23.3	66.3	68.6
45	Greene County	71.8	82.9	83	22.4	67.1	57.5
46	Huntington County	71.8	81.7	78.8	24.3	71.9	61.8
47	Miami County	71.8	86	83.2	23.3	66.7	47.2
48	Noble County	71.8	83.1	80	29.7	68.8	55.8
49	Washington County	71.8	83.9	81.5	23.4	67.3	59.1
50	Lawrence County	71.7	85.3	80.9	26.2	67.4	52.2
51	Newton County	71.7	79	76.9	28.2	66.3	88.4
52	Scott County	71.7	84.3	82.6	19	60	77.8
53	Warrick County	71.6	83.9	73	45.4	78.4	34.9
54	Jackson County	71.3	89	78.1	29.2	66.7	47.1
55	Hancock County	71.2	83.1	69.1	43	76.4	56
56	Henry County	71	81.2	81.8	22.7	67.9	55.2
57	Knox County	71	81.9	83	21.8	69.2	44.7
58	Gibson County	70.8	81.7	78.8	27.6	70.1	52
59	Owen County	70.8	83.4	79.3	22.3	65.2	64.9
60	Jefferson County	70.6	83.7	79.7	22.5	67.9	51.7
61	Fayette County	70.5	80.8	83.4	20.4	61.2	66.5
62	Morgan County	70.4	88.8	73.8	35	70.4	36.5
63	Cass County	70.3	82.7	83.4	20.3	66.1	43.2
64	Marshall County	70.3	83.1	77.5	27.8	66.2	58.4
65	Shelby County	70.3	82.4	75.6	29.9	69.1	56.6
66	Kosciusko County	69.6	85.4	75.8	31.6	70.3	33.7
67	Boone County	69	79.8	60.9	51.8	78.7	56.8
68	Howard County	68.9	81.7	79	24.2	68.6	36.3
69	Adams County	68.7	81.2	81.1	24.6	61.2	47.9
70	Grant County	68.6	83.1	82.3	18.6	65.3	30.6
71	Daviess County	68.4	83.1	81.2	28.1	59.2	41.2
72	Bartholomew County	68.1	82	72.1	35.8	72.7	29.1
73	Floyd County	67.7	82.5	73.1	34.4	71.1	24.6
74	Monroe County	67.1	82.5	70.6	24.8	75.6	24
75	Johnson County	67	82	67.6	40.3	73.8	25.4
76	Delaware County	66.9	80.3	80.9	20.6	64.5	23.7
77	LaPorte County	66.9	79.9	77.2	29.4	67.9	21.1
78	Madison County	66.9	80.8	78.7	24.3	66.2	22.7
79	Tippecanoe County	66.6	84.8	72.9	21.7	71.3	18.2
80	Wayne County	66.6	77.7	81.1	20.4	65	25.9
81	Hendricks County	66	78.8	62.5	48.6	78.1	23.2
82	Clark County	65.9	81.5	72.7	30.6	68.6	18.6
83	Allen County	65.8	79.7	75.6	28.3	70.4	9.2
84	Porter County	65.7	78.9	67.9	39.4	74.2	18.6
85	St. Joseph County	65.6	77.9	76	25.7	69.8	14.2
86	Vanderburgh County	65.4	79.1	76.3	23.2	70.1	8.7
87	LaGrange County	65.3	87	77.5	38	45.6	37.6
88	Vigo County	65.3	77.1	79.6	17.7	66.4	16.8
89	Hamilton County	65	77.5	55.5	60.4	84.6	11.2
90	Elkhart County	64.5	79.2	75.1	26.2	64.6	16.3
91	Lake County	62.8	76.2	71.6	28.4	68.8	4.1
92	Marion County	60.9	76.1	70.8	24.8	63.9	2.5

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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