Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 25 | 88.46 | 81.58 | 8.43 % |
Health Care | 8 | 74.08 | 50.15 | 47.72 % |
Wellness | 36 | 74.77 | 68.45 | 9.23 % |
Financial | 16 | 91.62 | 81.09 | 12.99 % |
EducationEducation | 4 | 87.30 | 71.18 | 47.37 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
115 | 73.81 | 71.18 | 3.69 % |
Employment | 55 | 60.12 | 51.56 | 16.60 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
23 | 73.48 | 57.14 | 28.60 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
11 | 76.36 | 51.89 | 47.16 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
- Tops in older-adult health care: many rehab
centers, Alzheimer’s units, geriatric facilities
- High enrollment among Medicare-eligible adults
- Affordable hospital care
- Few older adults in poverty; high older-adult
employment
- Strong small-business growth
- Many pedestrian commuters and short
drives to work
- Nearby amenities: many grocery stores and
diagnostic centers
- Abundance of religious and civic organizations
and libraries
- Helping others: high rates of volunteerism
- Not enough magnet and Joint Commission-accredited
hospitals
- High rates of Alzheimer’s, depression,
and binge drinking
- Get moving: too few fitness centers
- Gasp!: poor air quality
- Few adults aging at home
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 181 | 44.54 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 13 | 70.02 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 92 | 82.02 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 15 | 71.87 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 203 | 80.85 | 84.25 |
Weather | 181 | 55.51 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 69 | 36.35 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 39 | 45.07 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 64 | 38.43 | 29.37 |
% of Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation | 277 | 0.00 | 79.11 |
Number of Long-Term Hospitals | 57 | 0.00 | 6.57 |
Number of Hospitals with Geriatric Services | 1 | 100.00 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 1 | 100.00 | 25.8 |
Number of Hospitals with Alzheimer's units | 1 | 100.00 | 4.68 |
Number of Hospitals with Hospice Services | 140 | 0.00 | 15.09 |
% of Hospitals with Medical School Affiliation | 128 | 25.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 64 | 15.63 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 143 | 22.56 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 40 | 2.94 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 56 | 33.38 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 37 | 53.52 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 75 | 14.64 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 10 | 62.29 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 252 | 11.80 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 255 | 56.60 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 18 | 65.11 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 83 | 78.90 | 76.89 |
Depression | 109 | 50.60 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 41 | 47.89 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 180 | 36.69 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 47 | 40.52 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 92 | 19.56 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 127 | 60.29 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 99 | 58.32 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 29 | 1.38 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 176 | 66.38 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 6 | 89.05 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 14 | 89.27 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 9 | 52.82 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 113 | 28.97 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 181 | 58.67 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 42 | 43.67 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 170 | 41.24 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 216 | 62.68 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 277 | 24.03 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 2 | 93.06 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 39 | 84.85 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 133 | 11.61 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 61 | 20.39 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 254 | 60.29 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 102 | 25.00 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 254 | 77.37 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 207 | 43.75 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 5 | 93.46 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 228 | 14.29 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 236 | 40.81 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 93 | 8.66 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 17 | 87.93 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 128 | 2.76 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 205 | 31.99 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 7 | 48.06 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 20 | 67.39 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 111 | 46.91 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 274 | 17.36 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 95 | 18.90 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 12 | 79.47 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 3 | 76.45 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 2 | 98.73 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 51 | 31.26 | 25.37 |