Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent +/- |
General Livability | 251 | 75.95 | 81.58 | -6.90 % |
Health Care | 220 | 42.40 | 50.15 | -15.45 % |
Wellness | 96 | 69.66 | 68.45 | 1.77 % |
Financial | 271 | 70.49 | 81.09 | -13.07 % |
EducationEducation | 276 | 45.69 | 71.18 | -22.87 % |
Living ArrangementsArrange- ments |
219 | 63.73 | 71.18 | -10.47 % |
Employment | 220 | 43.13 | 51.56 | -16.35 % |
Transportation/ ConvenienceTransport- ation |
30 | 71.21 | 57.14 | 24.62 % |
Community EngagementEngage- ment |
260 | 40.52 | 51.89 | -21.91 % |
(Three-tier color code: 1-25 Green, 26-75 Black, 76+ Red) |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Cost of Living | 226 | 37.84 | 49.09 |
Crime Rate | 134 | 41.14 | 42.85 |
Employment Growth (2007-2012) | 57 | 83.47 | 80.67 |
Unemployment Rate | 279 | 20.15 | 46.80 |
Income Distribution | 159 | 82.61 | 84.25 |
Weather | 72 | 69.96 | 62.27 |
Fatal Car Crashes | 179 | 22.72 | 29.38 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Number of Doctors | 195 | 26.63 | 33.5 |
Number of hospital beds | 73 | 36.27 | 29.37 |
% of Hospitals with JCAHO Accreditation | 165 | 75.00 | 79.11 |
Number of Long-Term Hospitals | 40 | 20.11 | 6.57 |
Number of Hospitals with Geriatric Services | 136 | 18.90 | 21.44 |
% of Hospitals with Rehabilitation Services | 178 | 18.90 | 25.8 |
Number of Hospitals with Alzheimer's units | 36 | 0.00 | 4.68 |
Number of Hospitals with Hospice Services | 128 | 12.03 | 15.09 |
% of Hospitals with Medical School Affiliation | 177 | 0.00 | 26.60 |
% of Magnet Hospitals | 64 | 0.00 | 6.27 |
Number of Orthopedic Surgeons | 244 | 5.93 | 13.35 |
Number of nurses | 241 | 14.97 | 24.78 |
Number of Physical Therapists | 266 | 0.84 | 2.35 |
ER Wait Times | 240 | 14.69 | 24.64 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Obesity rate | 99 | 47.13 | 46.33 |
Smoking rate | 24 | 21.85 | 13.69 |
Diabetes rate | 17 | 58.16 | 41.83 |
Binge drinking | 175 | 15.48 | 20.32 |
Alzheimer's cases | 29 | 90.63 | 74.78 |
Caregivers | 126 | 38.11 | 39.11 |
Life expectancy at 65 | 85 | 78.84 | 76.89 |
Depression | 43 | 57.21 | 49.3 |
Physical activity | 100 | 40.28 | 39.05 |
Fitness and recreational sports centers | 277 | 10.76 | 42.27 |
Fast-food outlets | 10 | 47.50 | 35.09 |
Golf courses, ski resorts | 273 | 5.21 | 17.69 |
Air quality | 279 | 40.15 | 61.2 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Banks and financial institutions | 274 | 27.15 | 53.83 |
Total bank deposits | 256 | 0.55 | 1.37 |
Tax burden | 251 | 52.36 | 70.55 |
Dependency ratio | 258 | 51.80 | 61.29 |
Small business growth | 179 | 79.48 | 81.17 |
Older adults below poverty line | 274 | 15.21 | 29.07 |
Capital gains | 28 | 45.50 | 31.31 |
Income growth | 12 | 68.24 | 60.52 |
Reverse mortgages | 233 | 9.45 | 27.26 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Median house price | 189 | 39.69 | 46.02 |
Median rental price | 188 | 66.47 | 70.18 |
Households with older adults | 217 | 33.67 | 39.04 |
Nursing beds | 133 | 49.38 | 49.76 |
Cost of semiprivate nursing room | 179 | 57.14 | 70.35 |
Home health-care service providers | 274 | 1.65 | 14.31 |
Continuing-care facilities | 62 | 20.32 | 14.8 |
Cost of assisted living | 182 | 67.33 | 71.61 |
Nursing-home rating | 200 | 11.76 | 22.29 |
Older adults in family homes | 16 | 91.18 | 82.84 |
Cost of adult day services | 183 | 45.45 | 55.7 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of 65+ employed | 138 | 54.97 | 56.23 |
65+ unemployment Rate | 249 | 12.17 | 31.34 |
Employment growth | 136 | 44.19 | 44.29 |
Output of service sector/manufacturing | 135 | 5.88 | 9.94 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Average commute time to work | 182 | 68.00 | 71.39 |
Number of Passenger Trips | 65 | 5.02 | 11.53 |
Investment in Public/Senior Transportation | 274 | 19.35 | 64.25 |
% of commuters who walk to work | 154 | 14.68 | 17.90 |
Number of Grocery, etc. | 2 | 97.95 | 55.19 |
% of Seniors near grocery | 84.52 | ||
Walk score | 117 | 46.43 | xx.52 |
Indicator | Rank | Score | Average Score |
Percent of population 65+ | 266 | 19.63 | 39.94 |
Number of arts, entertainment, and recreation facilities | 206 | 11.84 | 18.61 |
Senior volunteer rates | 181 | 48.55 | 63.01 |
Number of public libraries | 140 | 21.77 | 25.07 |
Number of civic and religious organizations | 245 | 34.99 | 12.40 |
Funding for older adults | 174 | 27.93 | 25.37 |