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California Elder Economic Security Standard Index By County

The California Elder Economic Security Standard Index (Elder Index) is a county-specific measure of the minimum income necessary to cover all of an older adult’s basic expenses—housing, food, medical care and transportation. The only elder-specific financial measure of its kind, the Elder Index is based on credible, publicly available sources and has been calculated for all 58 California Counties and a statewide average.

How much income is needed for elders to make ends meet in your county? Which elders are struggling to make ends meet? Click below to find out.
Note: Costs included in Elder Index assumes elder is in good health. Click here to get cost calculation for other levels of health.

California Average

Alameda Madera San Luis Obispo
Alpine Marin San Mateo
Amador Mariposa Santa Barbara
Butte Mendocino Santa Clara
Calaveras Merced Santa Cruz
Colusa Modoc Shasta
Contra Costa Mono Sierra
Del Norte Monterey Siskiyou
El Dorado Napa Solano
Fresno Nevada Sonoma
Glenn Orange Stanislaus
Humboldt Placer Sutter
Imperial Plumas Tehama
Inyo Riverside Trinity
Kern Sacramento Tulare
Kings San Benito Tuolumne
Lake San Bernardino Ventura
Lassen San Diego Yolo
Los Angeles San Francisco Yuba
Los Angeles City San Joaquin  

Click here for county-specific and statewide average Elder Index data for 2010. 

Long-Term Care Data
The Elder Index does not include the cost of home –based long term care assistance.  In-home long term care costs can double a senior’s over-all expenses. more than most California seniors can afford. Click here for more information.

Policy Briefs
Developed by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, “Older Adults Need Twice the Federal Poverty Level to Make Ends Meet in California” provides a summary of the Elder Index for each county and spotlights how the tool is being used by leaders across California to improve the lives of older adults.

“Elders Living on the Edge: The Impact of California Support Programs When Income Falls Short in Retirement” offers an overview of housing, nutrition, health care, and income policies that help California's elders achieve basic economic security. It was written by Wider Opportunities for Women in collaboration with the Insight Center for Community Economic Development.

“Half A Million Older Californians Living Alone Unable to Make Ends Meet” documents, for the first time, the number and demographic characteristics of elders trying to survive on incomes below the Elder Economic Security Standard Index. Written by UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, the brief also addresses the policy implications of this growing crisis.


 

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