Trend Improvements – Above Green

(1-4 points)

Intent

To demonstrate an improvement over time in key metrics pertaining to a person’s quality of life.

Requirements

CITIES, COMMUNITIES

Select up to four (4) of the following metrics and demonstrate either an annual improving trend from a baseline year no more than five years prior to the most recent reporting year or achievement of the stated thresholds. One point is available for each metric demonstrating improvement.

Population with a High School Degree – Portion of population aged 25 years and over who have obtained a high school diploma
- Threshold: Equal to or greater than 70%
Graduation Rate – Portion of school district’s initial cohort class graduating from high school (or ISCED level 3)
- Threshold: Equal to or greater than 90%
Small Businesses – Number of businesses having fewer than 500 employees per 1,000 residents
- Threshold: Equal to or greater than 20
Unemployment Rate – Portion of population in the labor market who are not employed
- Threshold: Between 3 to 4 percent
Poverty Rate – Portion of population living below the national poverty line
- Threshold: Declining at a rate of zero poverty by 2025
Percentage of household incomes meeting the living wage standard – Portion of households meeting the living wage for the area
- Threshold: Equal to or greater than 80%
Violent Crime – Incidents of violent crime, weighted by type, per 100,000 people
- Thresholds: Equal to or less than 5.5 homicides, 70 incidents of forcible rape, and 462.7 aggravated assaults.
Asthma rate – Portion of the population aged 18 years and over who have current asthma prevalence
- Threshold: None, trend decreasing only
Hypertension – Portion of the population aged 18 years and over with high blood pressure
- Threshold: Non, trend decreasing only
Obesity rate – Portion of the population aged 18 years and over who have a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30.0 kg/m²
- Threshold: Equal to or less than 26%