Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 250 | 76.12 | 81.58 | -6.69 % |
Health Care | 188 | 44.42 | 50.15 | -11.43 % |
Wellness | 240 | 62.41 | 68.45 | -8.82 % |
Financial | 72 | 84.83 | 81.09 | 4.61 % |
EducationEducation | 243 | 52.04 | 71.18 | -12.15 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
33 | 83.88 | 71.18 | 17.84 % |
Employment | 271 | 35.66 | 51.56 | -30.84 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
271 | 40.71 | 57.14 | -28.75 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
154 | 49.63 | 51.89 | -4.36 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 144 | 48.78 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 158 | 38.01 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 203 | 78.18 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 254 | 32.24 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 159 | 82.61 | 84.25 |
Weather | 100 | 65.70 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 199 | 20.95 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 255 | 19.56 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 141 | 26.92 | 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 | 203 | 0.00 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 139 | 23.27 | 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 | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 200 | 8.30 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 192 | 19.37 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 265 | 0.88 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 14 | 45.25 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 265 | 38.03 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 135 | 11.26 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 278 | 25.25 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 23 | 33.66 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 194 | 71.14 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 98 | 40.31 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 268 | 69.85 | 76.89 |
Depression | 34 | 58.22 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 255 | 29.54 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 114 | 45.47 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 253 | 28.18 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 119 | 16.16 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 211 | 52.94 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 20 | 73.78 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 115 | 0.94 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 19 | 89.41 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 210 | 56.58 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 259 | 75.28 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 184 | 24.35 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 253 | 19.06 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 192 | 58.35 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 75 | 36.24 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 95 | 51.99 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 15 | 86.50 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 54 | 43.31 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 154 | 45.27 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 76 | 73.30 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 165 | 9.77 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 190 | 8.69 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 44 | 82.11 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 16 | 50.00 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 121 | 82.94 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 21 | 97.22 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 255 | 41.41 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 227 | 14.31 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 246 | 40.15 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 241 | 2.51 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 213 | 65.11 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 270 | 0.30 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 134 | 37.80 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 238 | 8.71 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 161 | 40.88 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 271 | 12.35 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 41 | 34.60 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 270 | 5.82 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 171 | 50.50 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 156 | 20.30 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 47 | 77.64 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 152 | 28.54 | 25.37 |