AARP Livability Index

AARP Livable Communities works to help communities be great places to live for people of all ages. Forum One has been working with AARP Livable Communities since 2018 to plan and implement enhancements to many of its websites and digital data products, delivering services spanning digital and data strategy, user experience and visual design, data visualization and mapping, and technical architecture, development, upgrade, and enhancement.

In 2022, we launched a new, redesigned Livability Index website and data explorer. The Livability Index scores neighborhoods and communities across the U.S. and presents detailed data from more than 50 sources on 61 key factors that most affect their residents’ lives, including housing, neighborhood amenities and conveniences, transportation, environment, health, opportunities for civic engagement, and inclusiveness. This is a ground-breaking web-based tool built using JavaScript technologies that presents the clearest picture yet of how well a community meets the current and future needs of people of all ages, incomes, ethnicities, and abilities.

As part of enhancing the Livability Index, Forum One worked to both update the index data as well as design and develop new features that expand the user's journey and enhance the tool's usability. These features included adding a Community Finder tool, with a quiz and results page with over 50+ filterable metrics, as well as updating the design of the Index’s gauges, color scheme, and top communities display.