#1Porter
Porter County · 5,167 peopleOutdoors grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall A− · #146 of 585 in IN
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Porter, #1 on this list · Photo: Chris Light · CC BY-SA 3.0Porter ranks first on outdoors among Indiana’s 593 towns of 2,500+; 53 of the 593 grade A− or better on outdoors nationally.
The Outdoors grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): the share of land conserved and the trail miles per square mile. How grades work
#1Outdoors grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall A− · #146 of 585 in IN
#2Outdoors grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall A · #74 of 585 in IN
#3Outdoors grade, better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #59 of 585 in IN
Outdoors grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank (T = tied; 7 towns here); the overall grade and state rank are beside each.
593 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
Porter (Porter County) ranks first on outdoors among 593 towns, with an A+; Westchester Township and Osceola follow.
The Outdoors grade, a character grade (not part of the overall): the share of land conserved and the trail miles per square mile. Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents with a outdoors grade (593 in Indiana). Smaller towns have the grade on their page but no rank. Every town is on the Indiana page.
Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.