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Top Ranking: Commute
 Top Ranking: Air Quality
 Top Ranking:
Individual Wellness
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Community Wellness
Indicators
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Mean travel time to work (minutes)
 Air pollution days: particulate matter
 Percent of obese adults (by county)
 Frequency of physicians (per 100,000)
Percent travelled alone by car
 Air pollution days: ozone
 Unhealthy days per month (by county)
 Use of toxic chemicals (in pounds per year)
WalkScore
Overall Health Score
About this visualization

Data for this project was taken from:

CNN Money Magazine's Best Places to Live 2013
The National Center for Health Statistics' Health Indicators Warehouse
National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
The 2012 American Community Survey 3-year estimates
Design inspiration: OECD Better Life Index

Jenna Godfrey created this visualization as her final project in 'ARCH 5470: Information Space' at the University of Virginia School of Architecture in fall 2013. She has always been interested in small towns, having grown up in small town Virginia. You can contact her by email at jmg7ds@virginia.edu.

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