Ranking Calculator
Feeling competitive? Use the tool below to see how improvements in the indicators could boost your metro's position in our next Best Cities for Successful Aging index.
  1. Adjust a score, click "Submit," and see what happens to your metro's ranking. Because each indicator is weighted differently, higher scores in some areas will affect your ranking more dramatically than in others.
  2. To go deeper, click on an icon to see what factors make up each indicator. Is your area short on hospitals with Alzheimer's units? Is the tax burden high? How can your community improve the quality of life for aging residents?
Best Cities for Successful Aging | Akron, OH Ranking Calculator
 
Large Metros
RANK METRO SCORE
1 Provo-Orem, UT 100.00
2 Madison, WI 99.95
3 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 99.46
4 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 98.93
5 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 98.49
6 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 98.36
6 Salt Lake City, UT 98.36
8 Toledo, OH 96.86
9 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 96.80
10 Pittsburgh, PA 95.99
11 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 95.11
12 Jackson, MS 95.09
13 Baltimore-Towson, MD 94.81
14 Baton Rouge, LA 94.73
15 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 94.19
16 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 94.07
17 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 93.56
17 Syracuse, NY 93.56
19 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 93.54
20 Honolulu, HI 93.53
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68 Akron, OH 89.33