Rating

Social Connectedness

Scale55-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places with stronger population-level social connection, combining lower reported loneliness with fewer adults lacking needed social and emotional support.

Sources

Data behind the rating

2 sources

CDC PLACES

2023 estimates; 2025 release

Data: Town/place-level model-based estimates of adults reporting loneliness and inadequate social or emotional support.
What it tells us: Provides a more local social-connection comparison than county averages where a Census place estimate is available.

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

March 25, 2026 release

Data: County-level modeled poor mental-health days, frequent mental distress, loneliness, social/emotional support, and suicide mortality counts and rates.
What it tells us: Provides broad population-level mental-health and social-support comparisons, not individual clinical risk.

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