While many other major Midwest cities lost population during the 1980s and 90s, Indianapolis flourished. Indianapolis is the 12th largest city in the U.S., offering big city amenities with small town charm. As a workplace, the city offers incredible diversity. Indianapolis is a service and manufacturing employment center, the state capital and a leading Midwest convention and tourism site. This diversity has enabled the city's economy to sustain growth even during national economic downturns.
Diversity provides something else.
It enables business to draw from a work force of some 845,000 people offering a wide variety of skills. With steady growth fueling the labor supply, the unemployment rate in Indianapolis remains significantly lower than the national average. When compared to other large U.S. cities, Indianapolis businesses save on their bottom line through competitive land prices, lower rental costs, favorable construction costs, and low-cost electricity. State and city governments support business through conservative, predictable tax policies. One of the great things about doing business in Indianapolis is the reasonable price you pay for electricity.