?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Indiana

Best cities to put your HQ in Indiana

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Carmel, IN102k residents

    68/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 74.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,391/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  2. 2.Fishers, IN102k residents

    66/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 66.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,391/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  3. 3.Westfield, IN55k residents

    61/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 59.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,391/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  4. 4.Noblesville, IN73k residents

    60/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 51.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,391/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  5. 5.Greenwood, IN66k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 33.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,007/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  6. 6.Brownsburg, IN31k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 46.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,061/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  7. 7.Jeffersonville, IN51k residents

    57/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 28.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,077/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  8. 8.Zionsville, IN32k residents

    57/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 72.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,131/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  9. 9.Bloomington, IN80k residents

    56/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 58.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,180/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

  10. 10.Plainfield, IN36k residents

    55/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 32.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,061/wk · corporate income tax: 4.9%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to put your HQ in Indiana?
Carmel, IN ranks first with a fit score of 68/100, followed by Fishers (66) and Westfield (61), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.