Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 183 | 79.95 | 81.58 | -2.00 % |
Health Care | 58 | 57.82 | 50.15 | 15.29 % |
Wellness | 46 | 73.64 | 68.45 | 7.58 % |
Financial | 21 | 89.39 | 81.09 | 10.24 % |
EducationEducation | 5 | 86.20 | 71.18 | 45.51 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
109 | 74.14 | 71.18 | 4.16 % |
Employment | 8 | 85.56 | 51.56 | 65.94 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
42 | 68.52 | 57.14 | 19.92 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
43 | 57.95 | 51.89 | 11.68 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
- Tied for lowest unemployment among
older adults
- Few older residents in poverty;
few reverse mortgages
- Highly educated populace
- Enthusiasm for volunteerism among older adults
- High growth in health and leisure employment
- Joint Commission-accredited and med
school-affiliated hospital
- Front lines: many primary-care clinicians;
efficient emergency rooms
- Low rates of diabetes
- Many fitness centers relative to population
- Numerous caregivers and home health providers
- Highly rated nursing homes
- Expensive homeownership and rents
- High tax burden
- No Alzheimer’s units, geriatric facilities,
or hospices
- Few older adults living at home
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 207 | 39.97 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 238 | 29.67 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 170 | 79.49 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 29 | 64.92 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 110 | 84.44 | 84.25 |
Weather | 170 | 56.13 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 37 | 43.41 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 16 | 54.22 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 231 | 15.77 | 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 | 114 | 25.74 | 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 | 1 | 100.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 126 | 11.89 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 188 | 19.55 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 38 | 2.96 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 26 | 39.77 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 27 | 55.07 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 62 | 15.99 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 9 | 62.84 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 270 | 10.08 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 258 | 55.37 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 24 | 57.87 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 67 | 79.93 | 76.89 |
Depression | 139 | 48.21 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 34 | 49.15 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 26 | 61.44 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 256 | 27.86 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 144 | 14.33 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 171 | 56.12 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 72 | 63.01 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 91 | 1.02 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 176 | 66.38 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 6 | 89.05 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 100 | 82.17 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 27 | 39.37 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 113 | 28.97 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 115 | 60.41 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 36 | 45.54 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 194 | 39.07 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 195 | 65.52 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 274 | 25.61 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 156 | 45.08 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 39 | 84.85 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 12 | 37.84 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 81 | 17.41 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 254 | 60.29 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 16 | 50.00 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 236 | 78.71 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 207 | 43.75 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 16 | 77.85 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 1 | 100.00 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 15 | 51.16 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 89 | 8.74 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 94 | 74.63 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 10 | 21.69 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 205 | 31.99 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 25 | 35.73 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 80 | 50.86 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 82 | 49.38 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 267 | 19.45 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 81 | 20.38 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 10 | 79.92 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 214 | 14.55 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 72 | 72.76 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 51 | 31.26 | 25.37 |