We have seen lots of people relocating to the Fishers, Carmel (which are located in Hamilton County, Indiana) area over the last few years.  It is no surprise that Hamilton County is a great place to live by those of us who do.  But now, we have national recognition!  Forbes Magazine just named Hamilton County as the best place in the United State to raise a family. 

Forbes started with a list of counties across the country with populations over 65,000.  They then further reduced that list by looking at SAT and ACT scores that were less than 1050 and 22 respectively.  That left a list of 51 counties.  They then looked at these ten categories:

1. Cost of living,
2. Graduation rate,
3. Standardized scores,
4. Home price,
5. Property tax rate as a percentage of median home price,
6. Percentage of homes occupied by owner,
7. Per-capita income,
8. Air quality,
9. Crime rate and
10. Ccommute time (Okay, I must admit...they probably didn't actually drive I69 in rush hour!)

In the end Hamilton County ranked first with these criteria.

There are many great locations to live in Hamilton County.  Carmel has a great Monon Center that just opened with an outdoor pool and water park as well as tennis, racquet ball and a full service gym as well as walking and biking trails.  Fishers has Conner Prairie, a great outdoor venue to watch the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.  Noblesville has a great old downtown charm with Victorian houses and white picket fences. Cicero has Morse Lake which is a great place for boating.  Westfield has the new outdoor air mall called Clay Terrace.  Atlanta has a great restuarant where the Grateful Dead meets St. Elmos!  Many of these cities have received national recognition from various sources.

Read complete article from Forbes