Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 218 | 78.64 | 81.58 | -3.60 % |
Health Care | 111 | 51.20 | 50.15 | 2.09 % |
Wellness | 167 | 66.02 | 68.45 | -3.55 % |
Financial | 152 | 80.50 | 81.09 | -.73 % |
EducationEducation | 138 | 57.80 | 71.18 | -2.43 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
113 | 73.95 | 71.18 | 3.89 % |
Employment | 164 | 47.27 | 51.56 | -8.32 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
265 | 42.83 | 57.14 | -25.04 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
218 | 45.95 | 51.89 | -11.45 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 184 | 43.28 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 210 | 32.76 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 143 | 80.20 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 149 | 42.96 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 203 | 80.85 | 84.25 |
Weather | 105 | 65.22 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 119 | 28.57 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 82 | 37.64 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 150 | 26.03 | 29.37 |
% of Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation | 153 | 80.00 | 79.11 |
Number of Long-Term Hospitals | 57 | 0.00 | 6.57 |
Number of Hospitals with Geriatric Services | 109 | 23.43 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 156 | 20.82 | 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 | 73 | 40.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 79 | 14.53 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 67 | 29.17 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 268 | 0.83 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 253 | 13.29 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 210 | 41.45 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 125 | 11.69 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 204 | 34.74 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 59 | 24.88 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 215 | 68.26 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 37 | 52.23 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 177 | 74.90 | 76.89 |
Depression | 68 | 53.41 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 159 | 35.79 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 50 | 55.81 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 259 | 27.40 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 220 | 9.20 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 272 | 47.33 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 156 | 52.03 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 130 | 0.90 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 19 | 89.41 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 61 | 65.27 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 139 | 80.92 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 219 | 21.69 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 253 | 19.06 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 119 | 60.27 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 209 | 14.48 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 213 | 36.25 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 90 | 76.74 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 217 | 33.67 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 223 | 34.48 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 76 | 73.30 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 110 | 13.22 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 223 | 7.34 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 44 | 82.11 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 182 | 14.29 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 53 | 86.55 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 21 | 97.22 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 105 | 58.58 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 210 | 16.00 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 27 | 49.12 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 149 | 5.31 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 135 | 71.16 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 224 | 0.93 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 258 | 23.07 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 252 | 7.46 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 212 | 34.48 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 253 | 28.40 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 196 | 25.89 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 191 | 12.51 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 169 | 50.76 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 231 | 12.84 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 123 | 64.77 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 146 | 28.55 | 25.37 |