Johnson County Kudos

Johnson County consistently receives high accolades in the news. It's a great place to live, for all ages!

• Johnson County hires Jeff Kellbach as Aging Specialist to serve as a resource for the growing population of older adults in the County. Read more: The Gazette (PDF), Daily Iowan, Johnson County News Release. 2018 February

• Iowa ranks as the best state to live in America, U.S. News says  (Feb. 27, 2018) 

• Iowa City makes Forbes’ Best Places to Retire 2017 list!

• Iowa City named #2 for one of the "Top 100 Best Places to Live 2017" by Livability, outpacing more than 2,100 cities with population 20,000 and 350,000. 

• Once again, Iowa City ranks #1 in Milken Institute's 2017 Best Cities for Successful Aging, which ranks 381 U.S. metros on how well they serve the needs of the nation's largest-ever population of older adults.

• Do you think Iowa City is a great place to retire? Well, the Today Show does too. Check out their segment: http://www.today.com/video/learn-the-5-top-places-in-the-us-to-retire-craig-ferguson-guesses-no-1-902907459774

• The New York Times ranks Iowa City a Good City to Grow Old In

• Iowa ranks 19th in the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2016. Note Iowa has dropped from 14th to 19th place. Question: What happened? What do residents need to do to claw back in the ranking?

• Iowa City ranks #4 for one of the "coolest towns in America" in Expedia.com's travel blog.

• Iowa ranks #6 in the country on the U.S. News & World Report Overall Best States rankings for 2016.

• Iowa has been ranked the #1 Best State for Retirement 2017, per a study by MoneyRates.com, based on personal safety, climate, economic factors, and proportion of older resident.

• Iowa Rates #7 in 2016’s Happiest States in America rankings.

• Iowa City #5 in American Institute for Economic Research's 20 Best College Towns in America ranking, due in part to its "educated populace and youthful, artsy vibe".

• Iowa City named Best Place to Retire in the Midwest by Time Money.

• Iowa City lands #3 in The New York Times' Good Cities to Grow Old In ranking For a city to be aging-friendly, its residents need affordable and safe housing, opportunities for staying engaged in activities that matter to them, access to health care and other services, and also offers opportunities for people to work, for pay or not.

• Iowa #2 Best State To Grow Old In   

• Iowa City ranks #1 Small Metro in Milken Institute's ranking of best cities for successful aging

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