Lexington ranked 19th, Louisville 31st
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 28, 2016) — WalletHub, a personal finance website, has ranked Lexington-Fayette 19th and Louisville 31st on its 2016 list of Most Caring Cities.
WalletHub compared the nation’s 100 largest cities based on 32 keys from three categories:Â Caring for the Community; Caring for the Vulnerable; and Caring in the Workforce.
Lexington, which ranked No. 1 for highest percent of sheltered homeless persons, had a total score of 56.34, ranking 34th for Caring for the Community, 28th for Caring for the Vulnerable and 25th for Caring in the Workforce.
Louisville had a total score of 53.21, ranking 59th for Caring for the Community, 18th for Caring for the Vulnerable and 48th for Caring in the Workforce.’
Madison, Wisc. was No. 1 with a score of 66.53.
Methodology:
Caring for the Community – Total Points: 40
- Violent Crime Rate: full weight (~2.67 Points)
- Property Crime Rate: full weight (~2.67 Points)
- Alcohol-Impaired Fatalities per Capita: full weight (~2.67 Points)
- Total Driving Fatalities per Capita: full weight (~2.67 Points)
- Care for the Environment: full weight (~2.67 Points) (Note: The percentage of workers who carpool was used for this metric.)
- WalletHub “Energy Efficiency” Ranking: half weight (~1.33 Points)
- Social Ties: full weight (~2.67 Points)
- Civic Engagement: half weight (~1.33 Points) (Note: The percentage of citizens who voted in the 2014 elections was used for this metric.)
- Favors for Neighbors: triple weight (~8.00 Points) (Note: This metric measures the percentage of residents who do favors for their neighbors daily or multiple times per week.)
- Food & Clothing Distribution to the Needy: full weight (~2.67 Points) (Note: This metric measures the percentage of residents who collect or distribute food or clothing for the needy.)
- Percentage of Income Donated to Charity: full weight (~2.67 Points)
- Online Giving per Capita: full weight (~2.67 Points)
- Volunteering Hours per Capita: double weight (~5.33 Points)
Caring for the Vulnerable – Total Points: 40
- Child Poverty Rate: double weight (~7.62 Points)
- Adult Poverty Rate: double weight (~7.62 Points)
- Adoption Rate: half weight (~1.90 Points) (Note: This metric measures the number of children adopted through public agencies per adult population.)
- Percentage of Sheltered Homeless Persons: double weight (~7.62 Points)
- Rehabilitation Centers per Capita: full weight (~3.81 Points)
- Pet Shelters & Rescue Services per Capita: full weight (~3.81 Points)
- Disability-Friendliness of Employers: full weight (~3.81 Points) (Note: This metric measures the percentage of people with disabilities who are employed.)
- Uninsured Rate: full weight (~3.81 Points)
Caring in the Workforce – Total Points: 20
- Residents Who Work in Community & Social Services per Capita: double weight (~3.33 Points)
- Physicians per Capita: full weight (~1.67 Points)
- Nurses per Capita: full weight (~1.67 Points)
- Special-Education Teachers per School Age Disabled People: full weight (~1.67 Points)
- Teachers’ Care for Student Well-Being: full weight (~1.67 Points) (Note: Student-teacher ratio was used for this metric.)
- Counselors’ Care for Student Well-Being: full weight (~1.67 Points) (Note: Student-counselor ratio was used for this metric.)
- Full-Time Law-Enforcement Employees per Capita: full weight (~1.67 Points)
- Mental-Health Counselors & Therapists per Capita: full weight (~1.67 Points)
- Personal-Care Aides per Capita: full weight (~1.67 Points)
- Firefighters per Capita: full weight (~1.67 Points)
- Paramedics per Capita: full weight (~1.67 Points)
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