These Are The 10 Laziest Places In Indiana
We used science and data to determine the places in Indiana that are total couch potatoes.
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Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.
And if you live in one of these Indiana towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.
We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.
So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Indiana that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.
After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Indiana” based on data:
- Peru
- Gas City
- East Chicago
- Connersville
- Portland
- Richmond
- New Castle
- Wabash
- Hartford City
- Brazil
Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.
Oh, and by the way, St. John is the hardest-working place in IN.
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How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Hoosier State
Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.
In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.
After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Indiana:
- Lowest average hours worked
- Shortest commute time
- Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
- Highest unemployment rate
- Fewest adults with a college degree
Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.
After we got the data for the 119 places in Indiana over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 119 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.
Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Indiana”. And, at the end of the day, Peru slacked off its way to the top.
Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.
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1. Peru
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 11,199College Educated: 7.9%
Unemployment Rate: 14.4%
2. Gas City
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 6,093College Educated: 9.4%
Unemployment Rate: 13.5%
3. East Chicago
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 29,387College Educated: 7.5%
Unemployment Rate: 17.0%
4. Connersville
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 13,267College Educated: 7.9%
Unemployment Rate: 16.1%
5. Portland
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 6,408College Educated: 8.1%
Unemployment Rate: 11.5%
6. Richmond
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 36,527College Educated: 17.8%
Unemployment Rate: 12.5%
7. New Castle
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 17,859College Educated: 12.8%
Unemployment Rate: 14.1%
8. Wabash
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 10,534College Educated: 11.8%
Unemployment Rate: 11.2%
9. Hartford City
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 6,166College Educated: 9.3%
Unemployment Rate: 13.1%
10. Brazil
Source: Wikipedia
Population: 8,022College Educated: 13.1%
Unemployment Rate: 15.3%
Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom
Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Indiana is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.
Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Indiana
| City |
Rank |
Population |
College Educated |
Unemployment Rate |
| Peru |
1 |
11,199 |
7.9% |
14.4% |
| Gas City |
2 |
6,093 |
9.4% |
13.5% |
| East Chicago |
3 |
29,387 |
7.5% |
17.0% |
| Connersville |
4 |
13,267 |
7.9% |
16.1% |
| Portland |
5 |
6,408 |
8.1% |
11.5% |
| Richmond |
6 |
36,527 |
17.8% |
12.5% |
| New Castle |
7 |
17,859 |
12.8% |
14.1% |
| Wabash |
8 |
10,534 |
11.8% |
11.2% |
| Hartford City |
9 |
6,166 |
9.3% |
13.1% |
| Brazil |
10 |
8,022 |
13.1% |
15.3% |
| Lake Station |
11 |
12,369 |
5.4% |
16.5% |
| Gary |
12 |
79,165 |
13.1% |
18.8% |
| Bedford |
13 |
13,384 |
12.2% |
10.3% |
| Crawfordsville |
14 |
15,988 |
13.2% |
11.6% |
| Michigan City |
15 |
31,369 |
15.7% |
15.5% |
| Anderson |
16 |
55,789 |
14.1% |
14.7% |
| Marion |
17 |
29,403 |
16.3% |
10.2% |
| Lawrenceburg |
18 |
5,022 |
8.5% |
13.8% |
| Kokomo |
19 |
56,958 |
16.8% |
11.8% |
| Plymouth |
20 |
10,048 |
13.8% |
15.1% |
| Vincennes |
21 |
18,233 |
13.5% |
8.3% |
| Logansport |
22 |
17,933 |
12.5% |
12.8% |
| La Porte |
23 |
22,153 |
14.5% |
12.3% |
| Muncie |
24 |
70,035 |
22.4% |
14.1% |
| Salem |
25 |
6,264 |
13.3% |
13.7% |
| Washington |
26 |
11,758 |
13.3% |
8.5% |
| Rushville |
27 |
6,314 |
10.2% |
7.7% |
| North Vernon |
28 |
6,736 |
10.1% |
12.2% |
| Martinsville |
29 |
11,756 |
11.0% |
11.8% |
| Westville |
30 |
6,895 |
6.2% |
17.7% |
| Madison |
31 |
12,033 |
21.4% |
11.0% |
| Shelbyville |
32 |
19,216 |
13.0% |
11.2% |
| Elkhart |
33 |
51,539 |
13.5% |
12.8% |
| Linton |
34 |
5,368 |
11.1% |
7.4% |
| Huntington |
35 |
17,284 |
16.1% |
11.4% |
| Monticello |
36 |
5,355 |
15.2% |
7.6% |
| South Bend |
37 |
100,422 |
23.5% |
13.7% |
| Decatur |
38 |
9,511 |
13.9% |
7.9% |
| Alexandria |
39 |
5,100 |
11.7% |
8.4% |
| Mount Vernon |
40 |
6,607 |
19.8% |
6.9% |
| Princeton |
41 |
8,600 |
12.3% |
7.9% |
| Angola |
42 |
8,610 |
20.5% |
10.4% |
| Beech Grove |
43 |
14,301 |
14.4% |
10.5% |
| Scottsburg |
44 |
6,700 |
16.9% |
14.4% |
| Kendallville |
45 |
9,847 |
15.7% |
11.2% |
| New Albany |
46 |
36,496 |
16.6% |
10.7% |
| Terre Haute |
47 |
61,040 |
20.0% |
9.8% |
| Evansville |
48 |
120,220 |
18.8% |
8.2% |
| Columbia City |
49 |
9,057 |
18.6% |
9.4% |
| Seymour |
50 |
18,686 |
17.0% |
9.5% |
| Frankfort |
51 |
16,488 |
10.9% |
10.9% |
| Rochester |
52 |
6,151 |
14.3% |
6.1% |
| Bluffton |
53 |
9,621 |
16.3% |
5.2% |
| Tipton |
54 |
5,288 |
15.7% |
6.7% |
| Tell City |
55 |
7,251 |
14.1% |
4.7% |
| Greensburg |
56 |
12,160 |
15.1% |
9.4% |
| Hammond |
57 |
79,585 |
13.2% |
13.7% |
| Mishawaka |
58 |
48,120 |
24.0% |
10.6% |
| Goshen |
59 |
32,297 |
21.3% |
8.7% |
| Elwood |
60 |
8,569 |
11.1% |
10.1% |
| West Lafayette |
61 |
30,843 |
69.7% |
7.0% |
| Warsaw |
62 |
14,179 |
24.9% |
8.5% |
| Lafayette |
63 |
69,982 |
25.5% |
8.7% |
| Fort Wayne |
64 |
255,784 |
25.8% |
10.0% |
| Speedway |
65 |
12,012 |
26.5% |
10.7% |
| Boonville |
66 |
6,220 |
12.9% |
5.2% |
| Mooresville |
67 |
9,459 |
13.1% |
7.8% |
| Rensselaer |
68 |
5,787 |
17.0% |
3.9% |
| Bloomington |
69 |
81,963 |
56.4% |
8.8% |
| Auburn |
70 |
12,972 |
23.7% |
6.2% |
| Clarksville |
71 |
21,579 |
18.7% |
6.9% |
| North Manchester |
72 |
6,080 |
27.2% |
5.4% |
| Garrett |
73 |
6,213 |
12.9% |
8.6% |
| New Haven |
74 |
15,612 |
19.1% |
7.7% |
| Charlestown |
75 |
7,802 |
15.3% |
10.3% |
| Greencastle |
76 |
10,307 |
20.8% |
6.5% |
| Portage |
77 |
37,008 |
15.4% |
11.0% |
| Indianapolis |
78 |
835,097 |
27.6% |
11.2% |
| Columbus |
79 |
45,522 |
34.5% |
6.3% |
| Huntingburg |
80 |
6,489 |
12.4% |
5.8% |
| Merrillville |
81 |
35,262 |
20.2% |
11.2% |
| Hobart |
82 |
29,136 |
15.8% |
10.1% |
| Greenfield |
83 |
21,012 |
20.6% |
7.7% |
| Jeffersonville |
84 |
45,869 |
21.4% |
8.8% |
| Ellettsville |
85 |
6,352 |
26.2% |
6.2% |
| Yor |
86 |
11,265 |
34.9% |
6.3% |
| Jasper |
87 |
15,177 |
21.7% |
4.1% |
| Griffith |
88 |
16,765 |
16.3% |
8.9% |
| Lebanon |
89 |
15,688 |
19.1% |
5.8% |
| Cedar Lake |
90 |
11,653 |
14.3% |
11.8% |
| Valparaiso |
91 |
31,745 |
35.9% |
6.8% |
| New Whiteland |
92 |
5,646 |
16.3% |
9.4% |
| Franklin |
93 |
24,193 |
21.7% |
7.3% |
| Batesville |
94 |
6,397 |
34.0% |
2.4% |
| Cumberland |
95 |
5,243 |
18.7% |
9.9% |
| Plainfield |
96 |
29,220 |
27.5% |
8.1% |
| Lawrence |
97 |
46,796 |
32.5% |
11.2% |
| Greenwood |
98 |
52,799 |
26.1% |
8.1% |
| Nappanee |
99 |
6,639 |
17.0% |
6.0% |
| Sellersburg |
100 |
8,004 |
21.6% |
7.0% |
| Chesterton |
101 |
13,894 |
32.3% |
8.8% |
| Crown Point |
102 |
28,259 |
31.3% |
8.6% |
| Highland |
103 |
23,429 |
27.0% |
5.9% |
| Danville |
104 |
9,258 |
26.8% |
7.2% |
| Lowell |
105 |
9,347 |
17.5% |
8.8% |
| Hunte |
106 |
5,326 |
27.4% |
6.6% |
| Munster |
107 |
23,325 |
40.5% |
6.5% |
| Dyer |
108 |
16,322 |
30.3% |
7.6% |
| McCordsville |
109 |
5,037 |
49.0% |
8.5% |
| Brownsburg |
110 |
22,618 |
37.5% |
5.6% |
| Schererville |
111 |
29,082 |
32.8% |
6.7% |
| Bargersville |
112 |
6,324 |
27.7% |
3.2% |
| Carmel |
113 |
83,474 |
68.8% |
5.0% |
| Zionsville |
114 |
24,559 |
68.9% |
3.4% |
| Noblesville |
115 |
56,576 |
45.7% |
4.7% |
| Westfield |
116 |
32,426 |
57.8% |
3.5% |
| Fishers |
117 |
81,060 |
61.1% |
5.0% |
| Avon |
118 |
14,570 |
36.6% |
3.6% |
| St. John |
119 |
15,456 |
39.1% |
3.9% |
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