These Are The 10 Best Cities For Hippies In Indiana

You might think that the whole hippie movement has faded away, but the truth is, there are plenty of hippies out there in Indiana.

While they aren’t necessarily in your face all the time with war protests and the next Woodstock isn’t being planned any time soon, we thought it would be fun to look at which cities in the Hoosier State where the most hippies would live.

And, after crunching the data, you know what? It was pretty spot on, we have to say.

How do you decide where the most hippies live? By the number of yoga studios, organic markets, and most importantly, where the liberals live in droves.

Using that criteria, it’s not hard to scrape the internet, run some scientific data on where hippies might live in Indiana, and then put out a list.

So, put on your tie dye shirt and your sandals as you go through this list with us.

After analyzing all cities with a decent amount of people in them, we came up with this list of the 10 best cities for hippies in Indiana:

1. Griffith
2. Dyer
3. Beech Grove (Photos)
4. Munster (Photos)
5. Clarksville (Photos)
6. Speedway (Photos)
7. Schererville
8. Cedar Lake (Photos)
9. Lake Station
10. New Whiteland

Read on below to see where your town ranked, young flower child.

And if you already knew these places were hippie heavens, check out the best places to live in Indiana or the safest places to live in Indiana.

How do you determine the most beatnik city in Indiana?

In order to rank the best cities for hippies in Indiana, we had to determine what criteria defines a hippie.

We threw a lot of criteria at this one in order to get the best, most complete results possible. Using the Google Places API, the Census’s 2010-2014 American Community Survey, and Voter Registration data, this is the criteria we used:

• Number of yoga studios per capita
• Number of organic markets per capita
• Number of pet adoption centers per capita
• Number of vegan restaurants per capita
• Number of thrift stores per capita
• Each city’s liberal voting population

Note: For the sake of getting reliable numbers, we counted places within a ~4.5 mile radius of a city’s center. The average city in America is about 18 square miles.

All of these results are listed in a per capita basis, meaning number of stores per person in a city. Additionally, we limited the analysis to non-CDPs that have over 5,000 people.

We ranked each place with scores from 1 to 114 in each category, where 1 was the most hippie.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each place to create a hippie index.

And finally, we crowned the city with the highest hippie index the ‘Best City for Hippies In Indiana.’ We’re lookin’ at you, Griffith.

Read on below to learn more about what it’s like to live in hippie central. Or skip to the end to see the list of all the places in the state from hippiest to most square.

1. Griffith

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.48
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.24
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.42
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.42
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 1.25
Griffith is a town in Calumet and St. John townships in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 16,893 at the 2010 census.

2. Dyer

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.37
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.25
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.43
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.61
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 0.92
Dyer is a town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 16,390 at the 2010 census. It lies in the Chicago metropolitan area, 30 miles southeast of The Chicago Loop, and 12 miles from Chicago’s south side.

3. Beech Grove

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.42
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.21
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.49
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.7
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 1.61

4. Munster

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.3
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.17
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.47
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.39
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 0.94
Munster is a town located in North Township, Lake County, in Northwest Indiana, United States. This bedroom community lies in the Chicago metropolitan area, approximately 30 miles (48 km) southeast of the Chicago Loop, and shares municipal boundaries with Hammond to the north, Highland to the east, Dyer and Schererville to the south and Lansing and Lynwood directly west of the Illinois border. The 2010 U.S. Census counted the town’s population at 23,603.

5. Clarksville

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.51
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.19
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.42
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.7
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 1.07
Clarksville is a town in Clark County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River and is a part of the Louisville Metropolitan area. The population was 21,724 at the 2010 census. The town was founded in 1783 by early resident George Rogers Clark at the only seasonal rapids on the entire Ohio River, it is the oldest American town in the former Northwest Territory. The town is home to the Colgate clock, one of the largest clocks in the world and the Falls of the Ohio State Park, home to the world’s largest exposed Devonian period fossil bed.

6. Speedway

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.25
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.17
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.33
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.33
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 1.0
Speedway is a town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,812 at the 2010 census. Speedway is home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; it is an enclave of Indianapolis.

7. Schererville

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.24
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.24
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.24
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.17
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 0.52
Schererville is a town in St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 29,243 at the 2010 census.

8. Cedar Lake

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.26
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.26
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.17
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.17
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 0.51
Cedar Lake is a town in Hanover and Center townships, Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 11,560 at the 2010 census. The town is known for Cedar Lake (formerly Lake of the Red Cedars, Armour).

9. Lake Station

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.08
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.24
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.4
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 0.32
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 0.65
Lake Station is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 12,572 at the 2010 census.

10. New Whiteland

Yoga Studios Per 1,000 People: 0.71
Organic Markets Per 1,000 People: 0.35
Pet Adoption Centers Per 1,000 People: 0.53
Vegan Restaurants Per 1,000 People: 1.06
Thrift Stores Per 1,000 People: 1.06
New Whiteland is a town in Pleasant Township, Johnson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 5,472 at the 2010 census.

There You Have It — The Hippies Of Indiana

If you’re measuring the locations in Indiana where there are lots of liberals, and there are many options for vegan food, yoga and thrift stores, this is an accurate list.

If you’re curious, here are the most square places in Indiana:

1. North Manchester
2. Linton
3. Charlestown

For more Indiana reading , check out:

• These Are The 10 Best Places To Live In Indiana
• These Are The 10 Dumbest Cities In Indiana
• These Are The 10 Safest Places In Indiana

Detailed List Of The Hippiest Cities In Indiana