Here are the best and worst U.S. cities for retirement.
Roughly speaking, the top cities for retirees tended to be located in Southeastern or Mountain states, while those ranking last seemed to be clustered in California and the Northeast. The latter regions tend to have higher housing costs and taxes, which can impact seniors living on fixed incomes more severely.Pearl City, Hawaii, boasts the highest share of the population age 65 and older, 23.3% — 3.
2 times higher than Fontana, California, the city with the lowest such share at 7.2%.Laredo, Texas, has the lowest adjusted cost-of-living index for retirees, 76.28, which is 2.6 times lower than San Francisco, the highest at 195.49.Juneau, Alaska, has the highest share of workers aged 65-plus, 28.08% — 2.8 times higher than bottom-ranked Detroit, with 10.11%.home health-care facilities per 100,000 residents, at 49.54, which is 25.7 times more than Fontana, at 1.93.
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