Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 58 | 85.01 | 81.58 | 4.20 % |
Health Care | 23 | 63.98 | 50.15 | 27.58 % |
Wellness | 162 | 66.54 | 68.45 | -2.79 % |
Financial | 96 | 83.55 | 81.09 | 3.03 % |
EducationEducation | 111 | 59.14 | 71.18 | -.17 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
71 | 78.00 | 71.18 | 9.58 % |
Employment | 46 | 60.68 | 51.56 | 17.69 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
65 | 63.53 | 57.14 | 11.18 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
30 | 62.54 | 51.89 | 20.52 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 106 | 53.57 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 36 | 60.71 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 97 | 81.90 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 25 | 66.20 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 2 | 95.00 | 84.25 |
Weather | 261 | 49.35 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 96 | 32.00 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 148 | 30.82 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 90 | 32.64 | 29.37 |
% of Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation | 191 | 66.67 | 79.11 |
Number of Long-Term Hospitals | 57 | 0.00 | 6.57 |
Number of Hospitals with Geriatric Services | 3 | 89.73 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 10 | 59.82 | 25.8 |
Number of Hospitals with Alzheimer's units | 36 | 0.00 | 4.68 |
Number of Hospitals with Hospice Services | 140 | 0.00 | 15.09 |
% of Hospitals with Medical School Affiliation | 177 | 0.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 15 | 33.33 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 111 | 12.62 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 59 | 30.11 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 78 | 2.40 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 26 | 39.77 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 89 | 47.73 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 23 | 22.16 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 112 | 42.83 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 280 | 8.33 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 265 | 45.43 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 125 | 38.13 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 131 | 76.77 | 76.89 |
Depression | 53 | 55.55 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 104 | 39.91 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 10 | 69.45 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 187 | 31.77 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 12 | 39.49 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 203 | 53.92 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 36 | 68.38 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 20 | 1.56 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 164 | 67.92 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 188 | 57.72 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 37 | 86.34 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 262 | 18.11 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 215 | 22.39 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 73 | 61.82 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 48 | 42.26 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 141 | 45.05 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 63 | 78.94 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 169 | 37.12 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 11 | 83.88 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 42 | 80.00 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 246 | 5.06 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 234 | 6.69 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 116 | 72.14 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 96 | 27.27 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 262 | 76.55 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 57 | 58.33 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 44 | 68.73 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 39 | 50.33 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 210 | 42.13 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 169 | 4.44 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 4 | 98.08 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 130 | 2.69 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 212 | 30.87 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 43 | 28.43 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 155 | 41.17 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 99 | 48.15 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 100 | 30.52 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 17 | 37.94 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 36 | 71.43 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 59 | 30.86 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 211 | 46.83 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 18 | 32.45 | 25.37 |