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Best US metros for retirees

Weighted for retirees: tax-friendliness, safety, mild climate, and cost of living. All 200 metros ranked (1 = best). Search a city or click a column to sort.

# Metro Retiree score
1 Brownsville, TX 78/100
2 Gulfport, MS 78/100
3 McAllen, TX 78/100
4 Huntington, WV 77/100
5 Jackson, MS 77/100
6 Laredo, TX 77/100
7 Longview, TX 77/100
8 Lynchburg, VA 77/100
9 Charleston, WV 76/100
10 Columbus, GA 76/100
11 Ocala, FL 76/100
12 Pensacola, FL 76/100
13 Roanoke, VA 76/100
14 Tallahassee, FL 76/100
15 Beaumont, TX 75/100
16 El Paso, TX 75/100
17 Gainesville, FL 75/100
18 Hickory, NC 75/100
19 Jacksonville, FL 75/100
20 Lakeland, FL 75/100
21 Lubbock, TX 75/100
22 San Antonio, TX 75/100
23 Youngstown, OH 75/100
24 Amarillo, TX 74/100
25 Augusta, GA 74/100
26 College Station, TX 74/100
27 Corpus Christi, TX 74/100
28 Crestview, FL 74/100
29 Killeen, TX 74/100
30 Kingsport, TN 74/100
31 Lexington, KY 74/100
32 Waco, TX 74/100
33 Canton, OH 73/100
34 Deltona, FL 73/100
35 Evansville, IN 73/100
36 Fayetteville, NC 73/100
37 Houston, TX 73/100
38 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY 73/100
39 Mobile, AL 73/100
40 Montgomery, AL 73/100
41 Palm Bay, FL 73/100
42 Tuscaloosa, AL 73/100
43 Tyler, TX 73/100
44 Winston, NC 73/100
45 Davenport, IA 72/100
46 Erie, PA 72/100
47 Fort Wayne, IN 72/100
48 Greensboro, NC 72/100
49 Orlando, FL 72/100
50 Port St. Lucie, FL 72/100
51 Tampa, FL 72/100
52 Virginia Beach, VA 72/100
53 Austin, TX 71/100
54 Boise City, ID 71/100
55 Cape Coral, FL 71/100
56 Cedar Rapids, IA 71/100
57 Fort Smith, AR 71/100
58 Lafayette, LA 71/100
59 Manchester, NH 71/100
60 Richmond, VA 71/100
61 Savannah, GA 71/100
62 Scranton, PA 71/100
63 Shreveport, LA 71/100
64 South Bend, IN 71/100
65 Spartanburg, SC 71/100
66 Toledo, OH 71/100
67 Birmingham, AL 70/100
68 Charlotte, NC 70/100
69 Flint, MI 70/100
70 Indianapolis, IN 70/100
71 Las Vegas, NV 70/100
72 Memphis, TN 70/100
73 North Port, FL 70/100
74 Sioux Falls, SD 70/100
75 Tucson, AZ 70/100
76 Tulsa, OK 70/100
77 Akron, OH 69/100
78 Asheville, NC 69/100
79 Baton Rouge, LA 69/100
80 Chattanooga, TN 69/100
81 Cincinnati, OH 69/100
82 Clarksville, TN 69/100
83 Cleveland, OH 69/100
84 Columbia, SC 69/100
85 Dallas, TX 69/100
86 Daphne, AL 69/100
87 Durham, NC 69/100
88 Greenville, SC 69/100
89 Huntsville, AL 69/100
90 Knoxville, TN 69/100
91 New Orleans, LA 69/100
92 Oklahoma City, OK 69/100
93 Peoria, IL 69/100
94 Pittsburgh, PA 69/100
95 Prescott Valley, AZ 69/100
96 Wichita, KS 69/100
97 Wilmington, NC 69/100
98 Yakima, WA 69/100
99 Atlanta, GA 68/100
100 Columbus, OH 68/100
101 Dayton, OH 68/100
102 Des Moines, IA 68/100
103 Harrisburg, PA 68/100
104 Kennewick, WA 68/100
105 Lancaster, PA 68/100
106 Lansing, MI 68/100
107 Lincoln, NE 68/100
108 Myrtle Beach, SC 68/100
109 Naples, FL 68/100
110 Ogden, UT 68/100
111 Omaha, NE 68/100
112 Provo, UT 68/100
113 Raleigh, NC 68/100
114 Reading, PA 68/100
115 Reno, NV 68/100
116 Springfield, MO 68/100
117 York, PA 68/100
118 Allentown, PA 67/100
119 Fargo, ND 67/100
120 Green Bay, WI 67/100
121 Little Rock, AR 67/100
122 Norwich, CT 67/100
123 Rockford, IL 67/100
124 Salisbury, MD 67/100
125 Salt Lake City, UT 67/100
126 Spokane, WA 67/100
127 Appleton, WI 66/100
128 Fayetteville, AR 66/100
129 Grand Rapids, MI 66/100
130 Hagerstown, MD 66/100
131 Kalamazoo, MI 66/100
132 Miami, FL 66/100
133 Salem, OR 66/100
134 Atlantic City, NJ 65/100
135 Binghamton, NY 65/100
136 Duluth, MN 65/100
137 Eugene, OR 65/100
138 Kansas City, MO 65/100
139 Nashville, TN 65/100
140 Utica, NY 65/100
141 Ann Arbor, MI 64/100
142 Hartford, CT 64/100
143 Milwaukee, WI 64/100
144 Phoenix, AZ 64/100
145 Providence, RI 64/100
146 Springfield, MA 64/100
147 St. Louis, MO 64/100
148 Buffalo, NY 63/100
149 Charleston, SC 63/100
150 Colorado Springs, CO 63/100
151 Detroit, MI 63/100
152 Greeley, CO 63/100
153 Madison, WI 63/100
154 New Haven, CT 63/100
155 Philadelphia, PA 63/100
156 Portland, ME 63/100
157 Portland, OR 63/100
158 Bremerton, WA 62/100
159 Chicago, IL 62/100
160 Fort Collins, CO 62/100
161 Olympia, WA 62/100
162 Syracuse, NY 62/100
163 Trenton, NJ 62/100
164 Albany, NY 61/100
165 Merced, CA 61/100
166 Visalia, CA 61/100
167 Worcester, MA 61/100
168 Albuquerque, NM 60/100
169 Bakersfield, CA 60/100
170 Baltimore, MD 60/100
171 Bridgeport, CT 60/100
172 Rochester, NY 60/100
173 Boulder, CO 59/100
174 Fresno, CA 59/100
175 Poughkeepsie, NY 59/100
176 Urban Honolulu, HI 59/100
177 Seattle, WA 58/100
178 Denver, CO 57/100
179 Modesto, CA 57/100
180 Boston, MA 56/100
181 Stockton, CA 56/100
182 Riverside, CA 55/100
183 Sacramento, CA 55/100
184 Vallejo, CA 55/100
185 Minneapolis, MN 54/100
186 Santa Rosa, CA 53/100
187 San Diego, CA 52/100
188 Anchorage, AK 51/100
189 Salinas, CA 51/100
190 San Luis Obispo, CA 51/100
191 Los Angeles, CA 50/100
192 Oxnard, CA 50/100
193 Santa Cruz, CA 49/100
194 Santa Maria, CA 49/100
195 Aguadilla, PR 48/100
196 San Juan, PR 48/100
197 New York, NY 47/100
198 San Francisco, CA 46/100
199 San Jose, CA 46/100
200 Washington, DC 41/100
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