Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 200 | 79.28 | 81.58 | -2.82 % |
Health Care | 96 | 53.05 | 50.15 | 5.78 % |
Wellness | 119 | 68.61 | 68.45 | 0.23 % |
Financial | 110 | 82.98 | 81.09 | 2.33 % |
EducationEducation | 18 | 74.72 | 71.18 | 26.13 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
201 | 65.23 | 71.18 | -8.36 % |
Employment | 58 | 59.33 | 51.56 | 15.07 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
184 | 53.05 | 57.14 | -7.16 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
225 | 45.55 | 51.89 | -12.22 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 241 | 34.88 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 247 | 27.57 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 211 | 77.70 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 124 | 46.17 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 203 | 80.85 | 84.25 |
Weather | 45 | 75.59 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 134 | 26.67 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 96 | 36.06 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 28 | 48.44 | 29.37 |
% of Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation | 153 | 80.00 | 79.11 |
Number of Long-Term Hospitals | 35 | 21.56 | 6.57 |
Number of Hospitals with Geriatric Services | 125 | 20.26 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 226 | 13.51 | 25.8 |
Number of Hospitals with Alzheimer's units | 27 | 20.26 | 4.68 |
Number of Hospitals with Hospice Services | 140 | 0.00 | 15.09 |
% of Hospitals with Medical School Affiliation | 143 | 20.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 140 | 11.51 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 111 | 24.94 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 125 | 1.95 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 134 | 23.14 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 119 | 46.26 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 63 | 15.90 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 131 | 41.16 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 238 | 12.36 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 116 | 79.61 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 108 | 39.56 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 88 | 78.72 | 76.89 |
Depression | 134 | 48.56 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 81 | 42.23 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 126 | 42.86 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 214 | 30.78 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 199 | 10.15 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 118 | 61.14 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 202 | 45.74 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 115 | 0.94 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 141 | 73.35 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 13 | 80.95 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 103 | 82.01 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 245 | 19.76 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 13 | 50.65 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 234 | 57.34 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 186 | 18.28 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 221 | 35.06 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 226 | 61.29 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 248 | 30.65 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 205 | 38.32 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 163 | 58.33 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 124 | 12.23 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 183 | 9.01 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 60 | 80.16 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 31 | 45.45 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 151 | 82.07 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 104 | 53.85 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 154 | 53.63 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 78 | 33.68 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 192 | 42.62 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 13 | 34.44 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 196 | 66.81 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 38 | 8.02 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 273 | 19.76 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 147 | 14.97 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 97 | 48.62 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 178 | 39.51 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 235 | 23.29 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 110 | 17.20 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 230 | 43.38 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 141 | 21.75 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 152 | 60.10 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 258 | 26.83 | 25.37 |