These Are The 10 Cities In Indiana With The Lowest Unemployment Rate

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If you find yourself dissatisfied with where your career is, but not your home, you might be looking for a new job within your community — but how hard will finding one be in your hometown? To help, we present to you the cities in Indiana with the strongest job markets by unemployment rates.

Many people live where they do because a job brought them there, but if you’re trying to live up to a millennial stereotype and move to Indiana for some arbitrary reason… or even looking for a new job or moving to a state first and getting a job after, then the job market’s strength is especially important for you.

Well we went to the source of all things demographic data – the Census – to figure out which cities have the lowest unemployment. We set a threshold of city population and found data for each city in the Hoosier State and crunched the numbers to find the cream of the crop:

Even if you’re an employer looking for a strong community to relocate to, a highly employed population is a powerful indicator of a community’s overall health. And, in that regard, Zionsville takes the cake as the place in Indiana with the lowest unemployment rate.

Read on to see how we help you identify those places in Indiana that have the most robust job force.

Or for more Indiana job information, check out:

How We Determined The Cities In Indiana With The Lowest Unemployment Rates

Before we could dive into what Indiana’s most employed cities were, we needed to know where to look in the first place. We settled upon any place with over 10,000 people and data available for our criteria.

This left us with 77 places in Indiana.

We then looked at the unemployment rates to determine the cream from the crop when it comes to low unemployment, and our data comes directly from the latest American Community Survey from the Census.

We thought the rate alone was representative of the current state of each city’s job market with the potential for a person to get a job there, whether they were making an intrastate, interstate, or intercity job transfer.

We ranked all the cities for the criteria from one to 77 with one being the “most employed city in Indiana”. Where there was a tie, the winner went to the bigger city.

If your city or town isn’t among the top ten, jump down to the bottom of the post to see a detailed chart. Otherwise, learn more about how the top ten cities achieved their potential.

1. Zionsville

Population: 24,559
Unemployment Rate: 2.7%
Zionsville comes in at the top of our list, taking the cake and not sharing a bit of it with only 2.7 percent unemployment, easily blowing away the competition as the top contender.

Certain perks come with being the gold medalist like always having a job.

2. Avon

Population: 14,570
Unemployment Rate: 2.8%
You might say that second place is actually the first place loser, but Avon doesn’t… because it doesn’t look nearly as good on a dating profile as as “first runner-up” or “silver medalist”.

3. St. John

Population: 15,456
Unemployment Rate: 3.3%
And rounding out our champions’ podium is St. John, earning the bronze medal with a score of 3.3 percent in the unemployment rate category.

4. Westfield

Population: 32,426
Unemployment Rate: 3.5%
Following right behind in the number four slot is Westfield. With a population of 32426 residents, Westfield is a solid place to move in Indiana if you plan on getting your career search started.

5. Jasper

Population: 15,177
Unemployment Rate: 3.5%
The coveted #5 spot has fallen to the residents in Jasper. Numbering around 15177 people, this city is doing it big with decidedly desirable unemployment rate of 3.5%.

I’m really happy for them, you know, what with their stable careers and all.

6. Fishers

Population: 81,060
Unemployment Rate: 4.0%
The city of Fishers is coming in at #6 with some solid numbers — not enough to blow you away, but enough to make you think twice about moving to another city you were thinking of just because of the dog parks.

7. Lebanon

Population: 15,688
Unemployment Rate: 4.1%
Taking the bittersweet #7 spot is the town of Lebanon. With a unemployment rate of 4.1 percent, this city is doing big things like a boss — like the one that’ll be hiring you in this solid job market.

8. Carmel

Population: 83,474
Unemployment Rate: 4.1%
Coming in at #8, Carmel has a job market strong enough to tempt people away from some of Indiana’s flashier cities where the unemployment rate isn’t as competitive.

9. Noblesville

Population: 56,576
Unemployment Rate: 4.1%
Finishing strong at #9 the town of Noblesville, where the unemployment rate is strong enough to keep this city, which is not at allknown as “The City of Hopes and Dreams”, but should consider adopting it.

10. Auburn

Source: Wikipedia

Population: 12,972
Unemployment Rate: 4.5%
Rounding out our list and coming in at #10 is the city of Auburn, Indiana. Don’t forget, just because it’s last place in this top ten list, that’s still out of 77.

Auburn’s parents are still proud of its life choices.

There You Have It – Unemployment Across Indiana

There you have it folks, the Ten Cities With the Lowest Unemployment in the state of {state}. They have the numbers and jobs to back it up.

If you’re just dying to move to the {nickname} and feel like throwing caution to the wind and moving-first- getting-employed-later, stick to the cities in our top ten.

If you’d like more information on different cities and states around the U.S. be sure to visit www.zippia.com to have all of your questions answered — and if you’re a recent college graduate thinking about moving states, check out which states college grads tend to stay in and which states they abandon.

Here’s a quick look are the places in Indiana with the highest unemployment rate:

Gary
East Chicago
Lake Station

Detailed List Of Cities With The Lowest Unemployment In Indiana

City	Rank	Unemployment
Zionsville	1	2.7%
Avon	2	2.8%
St. John	3	3.3%
Westfield	4	3.5%
Jasper	5	3.5%
Fishers	6	4.0%
Lebanon	7	4.1%
Carmel	8	4.1%
Noblesville	9	4.1%
Auburn	10	4.5%
Brownsburg	11	5.0%
Yor	12	5.3%
Columbus	13	5.5%
Highland	14	5.5%
Clarksville	15	5.6%
Schererville	16	6.0%
Valparaiso	17	6.1%
Warsaw	18	6.1%
West Lafayette	19	6.2%
Franklin	20	6.6%
Greensburg	21	6.9%
Greenfield	22	7.1%
Greencastle	23	7.2%
Evansville	24	7.2%
Crown Point	25	7.2%
Seymour	26	7.3%
Jeffersonville	27	7.3%
Vincennes	28	7.4%
Greenwood	29	7.4%
Plainfield	30	7.4%
Lafayette	31	7.7%
Griffith	32	7.8%
Munster	33	8.0%
Goshen	34	8.0%
Bedford	35	8.1%
Bloomington	36	8.3%
Hobart	37	8.5%
New Haven	38	8.6%
Chesterton	39	8.7%
Dyer	40	8.8%
Mishawaka	41	8.9%
Fort Wayne	42	8.9%
Washington	43	9.0%
Merrillville	44	9.4%
Shelbyville	45	9.4%
New Albany	46	9.5%
Portage	47	9.5%
Frankfort	48	9.7%
Crawfordsville	49	9.8%
Lawrence	50	9.9%
Beech Grove	51	10.0%
Huntington	52	10.0%
Speedway	53	10.0%
Wabash	54	10.1%
Indianapolis	55	10.2%
Richmond	56	10.2%
Kokomo	57	10.2%
Madison	58	10.3%
Marion	59	10.5%
La Porte	60	10.8%
Elkhart	61	10.8%
Martinsville	62	11.0%
Logansport	63	11.1%
Terre Haute	64	11.1%
South Bend	65	11.3%
Cedar Lake	66	11.7%
Peru	67	12.6%
Muncie	68	12.6%
Hammond	69	12.8%
Anderson	70	13.3%
Plymouth	71	13.5%
New Castle	72	14.0%
Connersville	73	14.4%
Michigan City	74	14.5%
Lake Station	75	14.9%
East Chicago	76	16.7%
Gary	77	18.0%

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Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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