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List of best places in the United States to retire 2021

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Thoughts of retirement usually come with sandy beaches and wavy palm trees, but that doesn’t imply that’s what the best places to retire constantly look like.US News & World Report freshly published its annual list of best places to retire in America list for 2020. To ascertain the list, it looked at the 100 largest cosmopolitan areas in the US.

Each area was assigned a retirement score scored on a 10-point scale and based on a weighted aggregate of housing affordability, job market, happiness, desirability, retiree taxes, and healthcare quality.

This incorporated data from a public survey of pre-retirees (age 45 to 59) and retirement-age (age 60 and up) peoples across the country as well as data obtained from the US Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and several other US News ranking lists. Subsequently, see the list of best places to retire in the United States, featuring several cities in Florida. We incorporated the overall score, housing affordability index, and also the healthcare index.

50. Des Moines, Iowa

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City Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 7.1

Healthcare score: 5.6

49. Los Angeles, California

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

 

Housing affordability: 4.6

Healthcare score: 7.5

48. Knoxville, Tennessee

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 7.7

Healthcare score: 6.3

 

47. Richmond, Virginia

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 6.5

Healthcare score: 7.2

46. Indianapolis, Indiana

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 7.5

Healthcare score: 7.4

45. Winston Salem, North Carolina

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 7.9

Healthcare score: 6.5

44. Santa Rosa, California

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 4.3

Healthcare score: 5.9

43. Greensboro, North Carolina

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 7.8

Healthcare score: 6.8

42. Fayetteville, Arkansas

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 7.8

Healthcare score: 5.3

41. Atlanta, Georgia

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Locality Overall score: 6.6

Housing affordability: 6.6

Healthcare score: 6.3

40. Augusta, Georgia

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Locality Overall score: 6.7

Housing affordability: 7.7

Healthcare score: 6

39. Chicago, Illinois

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Locality Overall score: 6.7

Housing affordability: 5.7

Healthcare score: 8.4

38. Madison, Wisconsin

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.7

Housing affordability: 6.3

Healthcare score: 6.7

37. Denver, Colorado

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Locality Overall score: 6.7

Housing affordability: 5.9

Healthcare score: 5.5

36. Orlando, Florida

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Locality Overall score: 6.7

Housing affordability: 6.6

Healthcare score: 6.2

35. Tampa, Florida

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Locality Overall score: 6.7

Housing affordability: 6.8

Healthcare score: 6.3

34. Charlotte, North Carolina

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.7

Housing affordability: 7.2

Healthcare score: 6.5

33. Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 6.5

Healthcare score: 5.2

32. Honolulu, Hawaii

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 3.3

Healthcare score: 4.9

31. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 5.5

Healthcare score: 9.9

30. Seattle, Washington

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 5

Healthcare score: 5.7

29. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 6.9

Healthcare score: 8.8

28. McAllen, Texas

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 8.1

Healthcare score: 4.9

27. Greenville, South Carolina

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 7.8

Healthcare score: 6.2

26. Houston, Texas

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 6.4

Healthcare score: 6.2

25. Boston, Massachusetts

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Locality Overall score: 6.8

Housing affordability: 4.2

Healthcare score: 7.4

24. Jacksonville, Florida

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Locality Overall score: 6.9

Housing affordability: 6.8

Healthcare score: 5.9

23. Melbourne, Florida

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Locality Overall score: 6.9

Housing affordability: 7.2

Healthcare score: 5.9

22. Charleston, South Carolina

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.9

Housing affordability: 6.6

Healthcare score: 5.9

21. Miami, Florida

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Locality Overall score:

Housing affordability:

Healthcare score:

20. Portland, Oregon

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Locality Overall score: 6.9

Housing affordability: 6

Healthcare score: 5.5

19. Portland, Maine

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locality Overall score: 6.9

Housing affordability: 6.2

Healthcare score: 5.8

18. Allentown, Pennsylvania

 

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Locality Overall score: 6.9

Housing affordability: 6.1

Healthcare score: 9.6

17. Phoenix, Arizona

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Locality Overall score: 6.9

Housing affordability: 6.8

Healthcare score: 5.6

16. New York City, New York

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 3.5

Healthcare score: 10

15. Raleigh, North Carolina

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 6.9

Healthcare score: 6.6

14. San Diego, California

 

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 4.1

Healthcare score: 6.4

13. Daytona Beach, Florida

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 7.4

Healthcare score: 6.2

12. Washington, DC

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 3.8

Healthcare score: 8.6

11. El Paso, Texas

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 7.9

Healthcare score: 4.7

10. Lakeland, Florida

 

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 7.5

Healthcare score: 6.3

9. Dallas, Texas

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 6.4

Healthcare score: 6.4

8. San Antonio, Texas

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Locality Overall score: 7

Housing affordability: 7

Healthcare score: 5.4

7. Nashville, Tennessee

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Locality Overall score: 7.1

Housing affordability: 7.1

Healthcare score: 6.2

6. Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

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Locality Overall score: 7.1

Housing affordability: 7.5

Healthcare score: 7.1

5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Locality Overall score: 7.1

Housing affordability: 7.5

Healthcare score: 8

4. Austin, Texas

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Locality Overall score: 7.2

Housing affordability: 6

Healthcare score: 5.6

3. Sarasota, Florida

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Locality Overall score: 7.4

Housing affordability: 6.6

Healthcare score: 6.2

2. Fort Myers, Florida

 

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Locality Overall score: 7.4

Housing affordability: 6.8

Healthcare score: 5.7

1. Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Locality Overall score: 7.5

Housing affordability: 6.7

Healthcare score: 9.3

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