Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 51 | 85.59 | 81.58 | 4.92 % |
Health Care | 42 | 59.91 | 50.15 | 19.46 % |
Wellness | 112 | 68.98 | 68.45 | 0.77 % |
Financial | 44 | 87.04 | 81.09 | 7.34 % |
EducationEducation | 89 | 60.23 | 71.18 | 1.67 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
8 | 89.44 | 71.18 | 25.65 % |
Employment | 121 | 51.04 | 51.56 | -1.01 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
250 | 45.70 | 57.14 | -20.02 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
186 | 47.99 | 51.89 | -7.52 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 70 | 57.91 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 172 | 36.54 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 90 | 82.08 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 85 | 52.11 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 203 | 80.85 | 84.25 |
Weather | 68 | 70.40 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 261 | 15.26 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 41 | 44.57 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 41 | 44.29 | 29.37 |
% of Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation | 133 | 87.50 | 79.11 |
Number of Long-Term Hospitals | 57 | 0.00 | 6.57 |
Number of Hospitals with Geriatric Services | 48 | 41.61 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 30 | 46.24 | 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 | 128 | 25.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 35 | 20.23 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 16 | 41.67 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 86 | 2.33 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 217 | 15.91 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 108 | 46.89 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 234 | 8.35 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 128 | 41.50 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 5 | 57.46 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 78 | 84.11 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 191 | 32.04 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 151 | 75.70 | 76.89 |
Depression | 258 | 40.14 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 246 | 30.31 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 42 | 56.90 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 239 | 28.95 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 128 | 15.17 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 180 | 55.56 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 2 | 94.21 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 28 | 1.40 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 54 | 82.09 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 230 | 55.08 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 13 | 89.81 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 225 | 21.35 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 61 | 38.96 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 20 | 65.78 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 225 | 12.22 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 116 | 48.74 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 185 | 66.79 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 97 | 40.14 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 42 | 72.97 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 1 | 100.00 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 5 | 57.88 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 119 | 12.32 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 129 | 71.23 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 226 | 5.88 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 45 | 87.04 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 1 | 100.00 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 87 | 60.35 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 154 | 22.08 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 43 | 47.78 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 82 | 9.26 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 206 | 65.95 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 258 | 0.49 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 67 | 42.84 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 228 | 9.17 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 273 | 22.36 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 141 | 43.21 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 137 | 29.10 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 149 | 15.09 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 215 | 44.65 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 257 | 10.60 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 27 | 82.76 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 192 | 27.50 | 25.37 |