Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 196 | 79.48 | 81.58 | -2.57 % |
Health Care | 30 | 62.48 | 50.15 | 24.59 % |
Wellness | 17 | 79.39 | 68.45 | 15.98 % |
Financial | 136 | 81.21 | 81.09 | 0.15 % |
EducationEducation | 48 | 64.87 | 71.18 | 9.50 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
274 | 53.30 | 71.18 | -25.12 % |
Employment | 51 | 60.27 | 51.56 | 16.89 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
13 | 78.71 | 57.14 | 37.75 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
8 | 77.92 | 51.89 | 50.16 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
- Many caregivers and primary-care doctors
- Low rates of diabetes and obesity
- Many fitness centers and outdoor
recreation opportunities
- Many grocery stores
- Pedestrian commuting common
- Avid readers: many libraries
- Strong funding for older-adult programs
- Many older workers and philanthropists
- No magnet hospitals
- Few rehabilitation and geriatric facilities
- Substantial distance to long-term
hospital treatment
- High tax burden; slow income growth
- Expensive housing and many reverse mortgages
- Long commutes
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 268 | 28.73 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 139 | 40.48 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 92 | 82.02 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 10 | 79.39 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 42 | 88.37 | 84.25 |
Weather | 271 | 47.22 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 16 | 53.76 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 4 | 74.89 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 207 | 19.07 | 29.37 |
% of Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation | 1 | 100.00 | 79.11 |
Number of Long-Term Hospitals | 57 | 0.00 | 6.57 |
Number of Hospitals with Geriatric Services | 154 | 16.16 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 251 | 10.77 | 25.8 |
Number of Hospitals with Alzheimer's units | 19 | 32.32 | 4.68 |
Number of Hospitals with Hospice Services | 103 | 20.58 | 15.09 |
% of Hospitals with Medical School Affiliation | 39 | 50.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 9 | 40.95 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 41 | 32.60 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 4 | 4.86 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 115 | 24.49 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 13 | 61.02 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 54 | 16.57 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 14 | 58.85 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 261 | 11.45 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 281 | 27.20 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 5 | 89.73 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 55 | 80.88 | 76.89 |
Depression | 170 | 46.15 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 22 | 51.46 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 18 | 64.08 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 114 | 35.58 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 21 | 35.26 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 67 | 68.12 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 96 | 58.51 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 52 | 1.19 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 200 | 60.17 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 23 | 75.86 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 127 | 81.28 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 22 | 40.78 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 79 | 38.85 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 77 | 61.62 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 185 | 18.58 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 271 | 20.95 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 267 | 47.95 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 225 | 32.52 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 225 | 33.79 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 244 | 50.00 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 28 | 25.28 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 86 | 16.13 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 237 | 62.81 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 102 | 25.00 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 249 | 77.79 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 281 | 28.23 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 14 | 80.29 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 114 | 27.24 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 84 | 46.10 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 102 | 7.97 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 140 | 70.83 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 43 | 7.69 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 249 | 25.33 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 9 | 46.64 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 7 | 84.86 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 40 | 57.10 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 207 | 25.42 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 76 | 20.72 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 27 | 72.34 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 4 | 75.65 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 176 | 53.86 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 6 | 65.39 | 25.37 |