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