Delaware Is Ranked As The #1 State For Older People

Delaware Is Ranked As The #1 State For Older People in a new survey.

According to AgeFriendly.org "Based on 60,000+ user-submitted star ratings to AgeFriendly.org, here is a ranking of the top states for age-friendly living."

AgeFriendly.org used a blend of things to calculate the best states for older people.

Outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation, and community and health services.

Data was collected from over 60,000 submissions from older people across America.

Care ratings for the list were based upon the access and availability of services to the aging community.

To calculate working category scores Age Friendly took into account the opportunities for working and volunteering in the community. They also took into consideration how active and involved a resident can be within that community.

Transportation also factored into the survey.

"Convenient public transportation services, and ability to walk to employment and other surrounding services are crucial factors communities consider in enabling aging populations to have mobility and accessibility to all of the services it has to offer. "

Delaware took the top spot in the survey followed by Idaho, Hawaii, Arkansas, and New Jersey.

South Dakota was ranked at the very bottom.

Delaware is also ranked highly as a top place to spend retirement years.

It is close to tons of states and cities so you are never too far from the action.

This also includes all the beaches within the Delaware state lines.

The biggest reason that Delaware is a sought after retirement state is for tax reasons.

Delaware Is Ranked As The #1 State For Older People in a new survey.

Where are the happiest cities in the Delaware region?

Since WJBR serves the world from right here in Wilmington, Delaware, our view of the world will always be Delaware centric!

For the sake of this article, the "Delaware Region" includes the happiest cities here in the 1st state. And also the happiest cities in New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania and near-by Virginia and DC.

Wallethub recently ranked the happiest cities in the United States. Here is how they figured this out:

The people of California see pretty happy, Freemont, CA comes in at #1 overall. In fact, California has 4 towns in the top 10.

So, how did we do close to home?

The highest ranking town in our region is in Howard County Maryland and the lowest ranked is in Virginia.

A Delaware town barely cracked the top 100.

Of course we find happiness through our family, our friends, our careers, fun activities and entertainment options. But WHERE we live is a major factor of how happy we are.

So, let's take a look at Happiest Cities In The Delaware Region!

About 80 miles away from Wilmington, DE, Columbia Maryland ranks high in Emotonal and Physical well-being.

Just over the river from NYC, Jersey City also ranks well in emotional and physical well being. The city is one of the most diverse in the entire country. JC is known for the many luxury high rise riverfront condos.

What DC lacks in income and employment, he gets high marks on emotional and physical well being.

Our home! In this survey, Wilmington ranks best in community and environment. Actually we come in at #17 when just ranked on community and environment. Wilmington is seen as a caring city, with low hate crime incidents, good weather and many acres of parkland.

Fun things to do in Newark, NJ include the Newark Museum of Art, The New Jersey Performing Arts Center and there are fun festivals and culinary experiences in the Ironbound neighborhood.

We are starting to get lower on the happiness scale, but if you choose to visit Newport News, VA there are cool places like The Mariners' Museum and Park, The Virginia Living Museum and you could take a hike on the Noland Trail.

Right up I95 from Delaware of course and it's also fun to visit. However in this survey Philly got low marks on emotional and physical well-being, as the city struggles to control gun violence.

Delaware's capital city, Dover scores highest on "community and environment".

As we get lower on the happy cities list, we notice these communities struggling in multiple areas. Baltimore challenge in this survey is income and employment issues.

Richmond scores high for great art scene, many culinary delights and job opportunities. However the town has a higher than average crime rate and cost of living. And the schools are expensive. The housing market is good though and the residents are very friendly!