Carmel's Awards and Recognitions for the Past Four Years
- 2019 - 2019 Community Placemaking Award for Monon Boulevard project from Accelerate Indiana Municipalities (AimIndiana.org)
- 2019 - Best Place to Raise a Family in the Midwest (Yahoo.com)
- 2019 - #1 Best Suburb to Live in America (Niche.com)
- 2019 - #1 Best Place to Live in Indiana (Niche.com)
- 2019 - #1 Best Place to Raise a Family in Indiana (Niche.com)
- 2019 - #1 Place with the Best Public Schools in Indiana (Niche.com)
- 2019 - “Safest City” in the state of Indiana (with a population of more than 20,000) (SafeWise)
- 2019 - One of the “Safest Cities in America” (SafeWise)
- 2018 - Carmel is in the Top 1% of Cities with the Least Credit Card Debt in a recent study from the leading personal finance outlet WalletHub.com
- 2018 - #2 Best Place to Live in Indiana (HomeSnacks)
- 2018 - #1 Best Place to Live in Indiana (Money Magazine)
- 2018 - #1 City with the Most Sustainable Credit-Card Debt (WalletHub Study)
- 2018 - #3 The Best Places to Live in America (Realtor.com)
- 2018 - #3 Safest City in Indiana (SafeWise)
- 2018 - #2 Best Small City in America (WalletHub.com)
- 2018 - Best Rooftop Bar in the State of Indiana – Sun King Spirits in Midtown
- 2018 - #1 Best Place to Live in America (NICHE)
- 2018 - #1 Place to Launch a Career (Money Magazine)
- 2017 - #1 City in America in survey of ‘most livable’ for USA Today (24/7 Wall Street)
- 2017 - Ranked Top 2% in the Nation for comparative custom home cost, growing home values, affordability, population, educational values and low unemployment and crime rates (GoodCall.com)
- 2017 - Best Small City in the U.S. to Raise a Family (SmartAsset)
- 2017 - 4th "Best Cities for Families" in the nation (Apartment List)
- 2017 - Best Place to Live in America (NICHE)
- 2017 - 6th Best Place to Raise a Family in America (NICHE)
- 2017 - Best Town to Raise a Family in Indiana (NICHE)
- 2016 - #1 Best City for Veterans (Military Times)
- 2016 - Bicentennial Green Legacy Community Award (Sustainable Indiana 2016 and the Indiana Bicentennial Commission)
- 2016 - Best small city for families in America (NerdWallet)
- 2016 - #1 Safest City to Raise a Child (SafeWise)
- 2016 - "Indiana Bird Town"
- 2016 - City Livability Award for the Center for the Performing Arts (U.S. Conference of Mayors/Waste Management)