Retirement City Guides A–Z
Every city guide we publish, listed by state. Each one scores the city on the things that actually shape a retirement budget — state taxes, healthcare access, cost of living, climate and disaster risk.
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Alabama
Alabaster Athens Birmingham Daphne Decatur Fairhope Foley Gulf Shores Helena Hoover Huntsville Madison Mountain Brook Orange Beach Pelham Saraland Trussville Vestavia Hills
Alaska
Arizona
Anthem Apache Junction Buckeye Bullhead City Casa Grande Casas Adobes Catalina Catalina Foothills Chandler Chino Valley Florence Fort Mohave Fortuna Foothills Fountain Hills Gilbert Gold Canyon Golden Valley Goodyear Green Valley Kingman Lake Havasu City Litchfield Park Marana Maricopa Mesa New River Oro Valley Paradise Valley Payson Peoria Phoenix Picture Rocks Prescott Prescott Valley Queen Creek Saddlebrooke Sahuarita San Tan Valley Scottsdale Sedona Sierra Vista Sierra Vista Southeast Sun City Sun City West Sun Lakes Surprise Tanque Verde Tucson Tucson Estates Tucson Mountains Vail Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) Wickenburg Williamson
Arkansas
Bella Vista Hot Springs Village
California
Agoura Hills Alameda Alamo Aliso Viejo Alta Sierra Altadena American Canyon Antelope Antioch Aptos Arcadia Arroyo Grande Atascadero Auburn Banning Bear Valley Springs Beaumont Belmont Benicia Berkeley Blackhawk Bonita Brea Brentwood Buena Park Burbank Burlingame Calabasas Camarillo Cambria Cameron Park Campbell Carlsbad Carmichael Carson Casa de Oro-Mount Helix Castaic Castro Valley Cerritos Chino Chino Hills Chula Vista Claremont Clayton Clovis Concord Corona Coronado Costa Mesa Coto de Caza Culver City Cupertino Cypress Daly City Dana Point Danville Desert Palms Diamond Bar Diamond Springs Discovery Bay Dublin Eastern Goleta Valley Eastvale El Cerrito El Dorado Hills El Sobrante Elk Grove Encinitas Fair Oaks Fairfield Fairview Folsom Fontana Foster City Fountain Valley Fremont French Valley Fresno Fullerton Garden Grove Gilroy Glendora Gold River Granite Bay Hacienda Heights Half Moon Bay Hayward Hemet Hercules Hillsborough Huntington Beach Indian Wells Irvine Jamul Jurupa Valley Kensington La Cañada Flintridge La Habra La Mirada La Quinta La Verne Ladera Ranch Lafayette Laguna Beach Laguna Hills Laguna Niguel Laguna Woods Lake Arrowhead Lake Elsinore Lake Forest Lakewood Lincoln Livermore Los Altos Los Altos Hills Los Angeles Los Gatos Los Osos Lucas Valley-Marinwood Magalia Malibu Manhattan Beach Manteca Martinez Menifee Menlo Park Millbrae Milpitas Mira Monte Mission Viejo Montecito Moorpark Moraga Moreno Valley Morgan Hill Morro Bay Mountain View Murrieta Napa Newark Newport Beach Norco North Auburn North Tustin Norwalk Novato Oak Park Oakland Oakley Oceanside Orange Orangevale Orcutt Orinda Pacific Grove Pacifica Palm Desert Palm Springs Palo Alto Palos Verdes Estates Paradise Pasadena Petaluma Piedmont Pinole Pismo Beach Pittsburg Placentia Pleasant Hill Pleasanton Poway Prunedale Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Mirage Rancho Murieta Rancho Palos Verdes Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Margarita Redlands Redondo Beach Redwood City Richmond Rio Vista Rio del Mar Rocklin Rolling Hills Estates Rosedale Roseville Rossmoor Rowland Heights Sacramento San Anselmo San Bruno San Buenaventura (Ventura) San Carlos San Clemente San Diego San Diego Country Estates San Dimas San Francisco San Jose San Juan Capistrano San Leandro San Lorenzo San Marcos San Marino San Mateo San Rafael San Ramon Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Clarita Santa Cruz Santa Monica Santa Rosa Santee Saratoga Scotts Valley Seal Beach Simi Valley Sonoma South San Francisco Stevenson Ranch Sunnyvale Tamalpais-Homestead Valley Temecula Temescal Valley Temple City Thousand Oaks Tiburon Torrance Tracy Truckee Tustin Union City Upland Vacaville Vallejo Valley Center View Park-Windsor Hills Villa Park Vineyard Walnut Walnut Creek West Carson West Covina Westlake Village Whittier Wilton Windsor Woodcrest Yorba Linda Yucaipa
Colorado
Applewood Arvada Aurora Black Forest Boulder Broomfield Castle Pines Castle Rock Centennial Colorado Springs Columbine Commerce City Dakota Ridge Denver Erie Evergreen Fort Collins Gleneagle Highlands Ranch Ken Caryl Lafayette Lakewood Littleton Longmont Louisville Loveland Montrose Parker Pueblo West Redlands Security-Widefield The Pinery Thornton Westminster Windsor Woodmoor
Connecticut
Bristol Danbury Kensington Milford Naugatuck Newington North Haven Norwalk Orange Shelton Stamford Torrington West Hartford Wethersfield
Delaware
Hockessin Middletown North Star
District of Columbia
Florida
Alafaya Apollo Beach Apopka Atlantic Beach Aventura Bardmoor Bayonet Point Bayshore Gardens Bee Ridge Bellview Bloomingdale Boca Raton Bonita Springs Boynton Beach Bradenton Bradfordville Cape Canaveral Cape Coral Citrus Hills Clearwater Clermont Cocoa Beach Coconut Creek Cooper City Coral Gables Coral Springs Cortez Cypress Lake Davie DeBary Delray Beach Deltona Dunedin East Lake Edgewater Englewood Estero Fernandina Beach Fleming Island Florida Ridge Fort Lauderdale Fort Myers Fort Myers Beach Fruit Cove Fruitland Park Fruitville Gonzalez Groveland Gulfport Hernando Hobe Sound Hollywood Homosassa Springs Horizon West Hudson Indian Harbour Beach Iona Islamorada, Village of Islands Jacksonville Jacksonville Beach Jensen Beach Jupiter Jupiter Farms Kendall Keystone Kissimmee Lady Lake Lake Butler Lakeland Lakeland Highlands Lakeside Lakewood Park Lakewood Ranch Land O' Lakes Largo Lauderdale-by-the-Sea Laurel Liberty Triangle Lighthouse Point Longboat Key Lutz Marco Island McGregor Melbourne Merritt Island Miami Micco Miramar Miramar Beach Naples Navarre New Smyrna Beach Nocatee North Fort Myers North Merritt Island North Palm Beach North Port North Weeki Wachee Oakleaf Plantation Ocala Ocoee On Top of the World Orlando Ormond Beach Ormond-by-the-Sea Osprey Oviedo Pace Palm Bay Palm Beach Palm Beach Gardens Palm City Palm Coast Palm Harbor Palm Valley Palmer Ranch Palmetto Bay Parkland Pelican Bay Pembroke Pines Pensacola Pine Ridge Pinecrest Pinellas Park Plantation Poinciana Pompano Beach Port Charlotte Port Orange Port Salerno Port St. Lucie Punta Gorda Richmond West Riverview Rockledge Rotonda Royal Palm Beach Safety Harbor Samsula-Spruce Creek Sanibel Sarasota Sebastian Seminole Siesta Key South Venice Spring Hill St. Augustine St. Augustine Beach St. Pete Beach St. Petersburg Stuart Sugarmill Woods Sun City Center Tamarac Tamiami Tampa Tarpon Springs Tavares Tequesta The Acreage The Hammocks The Villages Titusville Treasure Island Trinity Valrico Venice Vero Beach Vero Beach South Viera East Viera West Wekiwa Springs Wellington Wesley Chapel West Lealman West Melbourne West Palm Beach West Vero Corridor Westchase Weston Wilton Manors Winter Garden Winter Haven Winter Park Winter Springs World Golf Village
Georgia
Alpharetta Atlanta Brookhaven Decatur Dunwoody Evans Johns Creek Mableton Martinez Milton Peachtree City Roswell Sandy Springs Skidaway Island Smyrna Snellville South Fulton St. Simons Suwanee Tucker Wilmington Island Woodstock
Hawaii
Ahuimanu East Honolulu Ewa Gentry Halawa Hilo Kahaluu-Keauhou Kailua Kaneohe Makakilo Mililani Mauka Mililani Town Pearl City Royal Kunia Urban Honolulu Waipahu Waipio
Idaho
Boise City Eagle Hayden Meridian
Illinois
Algonquin Arlington Heights Aurora Bartlett Batavia Bloomingdale Bloomington Bolingbrook Buffalo Grove Burr Ridge Campton Hills Carol Stream Cary Chicago Crete Crystal Lake Darien Deerfield Des Plaines Downers Grove East Peoria Elgin Elk Grove Village Elmhurst Evanston Flossmoor Frankfort Geneva Glen Ellyn Glencoe Glenview Godfrey Grayslake Gurnee Highland Park Hinsdale Hoffman Estates Homer Glen Huntley Inverness Joliet La Grange Lake Barrington Lake Forest Lake Zurich Lake in the Hills Lemont Libertyville Lincolnshire Lincolnwood Lockport Lombard Matteson McHenry Mokena Moline Morton Morton Grove Mount Prospect Mundelein Naperville New Lenox Niles Norridge Northbrook O'Fallon Oak Brook Oak Forest Oak Lawn Oak Park Orland Park Oswego Palatine Palos Heights Palos Hills Park Ridge Plainfield Romeoville Roselle Schaumburg Shorewood Skokie South Elgin Springfield St. Charles Streamwood Sugar Grove Tinley Park Vernon Hills Westchester Western Springs Wheaton Wilmette Winfield Winnetka Woodridge
Indiana
Brownsburg Carmel Crown Point Dyer Fishers Granger Highland Indianapolis Kokomo Munster Noblesville Schererville St. John Westfield Zionsville
Iowa
Ankeny Bettendorf Cedar Rapids Clive Johnston Marion Urbandale West Des Moines
Kansas
Leawood Lenexa Olathe Overland Park Prairie Village Shawnee
Kentucky
Edgewood Lexington-Fayette urban county Louisville/Jefferson County metro government (balance) Villa Hills
Louisiana
Central Metairie Oak Hills Place Prairieville River Ridge Shenandoah Slidell
Maine
Maryland
Accokeek Annapolis Annapolis Neck Arnold Aspen Hill Bel Air North Bel Air South Bensville Bethesda Bowie Calverton Camp Springs Carney Catonsville Chevy Chase Clarksburg Clinton Cloverly Colesville Columbia Crofton Damascus Eldersburg Ellicott City Fallston Fort Washington Frederick Friendly Gaithersburg Germantown Glen Burnie Glenn Dale Green Valley Havre de Grace Ilchester Kettering Lake Shore Lochearn Mays Chapel Mitchellville Montgomery Village North Bethesda North Potomac Ocean Pines Odenton Olney Oxon Hill Parole Pasadena Perry Hall Pikesville Potomac Randallstown Redland Rockville Rosaryville Rosedale Severn Severna Park Timonium Towson Travilah Waldorf Wheaton
Massachusetts
Agawam Town Arlington Attleboro Barnstable Town Belmont Beverly Boston Braintree Town Bridgewater Town Brookline Burlington Cambridge Danvers Dedham Framingham Franklin Town Gloucester Lexington Longmeadow Marblehead Medford Melrose Milton Needham Newburyport Newton North Attleborough Town Peabody Pittsfield Quincy Randolph Town Reading Saugus Somerset Somerville South Yarmouth Stoneham Wakefield Waltham Wellesley Westfield Weymouth Town Wilmington Winchester Woburn Yarmouth Port
Michigan
Allen Park Beverly Hills Birmingham Dearborn Detroit Farmington Hills Forest Hills Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Woods Jenison Lake Fenton Livonia Midland Norton Shores Novi Portage Rochester Hills Royal Oak Saline Shields Southfield St. Clair Shores Sterling Heights Trenton Troy Waverly Woodhaven
Minnesota
Andover Apple Valley Blaine Bloomington Brooklyn Park Burnsville Champlin Chanhassen Chaska Coon Rapids Cottage Grove Eagan Eden Prairie Edina Golden Valley Ham Lake Hibbing Inver Grove Heights Lakeville Lino Lakes Mahtomedi Maple Grove Maplewood Mendota Heights Minneapolis Minnetonka North Oaks Oakdale Orono Plymouth Prior Lake Ramsey Rochester Rosemount Roseville Savage Shakopee Shoreview Shorewood St. Louis Park St. Michael Stillwater Vadnais Heights White Bear Lake Woodbury
Mississippi
Bay St. Louis Brandon Diamondhead Madison Ocean Springs Olive Branch
Missouri
Ballwin Blue Springs Chesterfield Concord Crestwood Dardenne Prairie Des Peres Kirkwood Lake St. Louis Lee's Summit Liberty O'Fallon Oakville Old Jamestown Raymore St. Charles St. Peters Sunset Hills Town and Country Webster Groves Weldon Spring Wentzville Wildwood
Montana
Nebraska
Bellevue Lincoln Omaha Papillion
Nevada
Boulder City Carson City Enterprise Gardnerville Ranchos Henderson Incline Village Johnson Lane Las Vegas Mesquite Pahrump Spanish Springs Summerlin South
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Bergenfield Blackwells Mills Bradley Gardens Brigantine Clifton Colonia Dumont Fair Lawn Fort Lee Franklin Center Franklin Lakes Hamilton Square Hammonton Hillsborough Holiday City-Berkeley Iselin Jersey City Margate City Martinsville Mercerville Moorestown-Lenola Mountainside Mystic Island New Providence North Caldwell North Haledon Oak Ridge Oakland Ocean Acres Ocean City Oceanport Old Bridge Paramus Point Pleasant Pompton Plains Preakness Princeton Ramsey Ridgewood Ringwood Sayreville Short Hills Sicklerville Somerset South Plainfield Springdale Succasunna Summit Tinton Falls Toms River Upper Montclair Westfield Westmont
New Mexico
Albuquerque Corrales Eldorado at Santa Fe Rio Rancho Santa Fe
New York
Amityville Babylon Baldwin Bellmore Bethpage Brentwood Centereach Cheektowaga Commack Coram Deer Park Dix Hills East Massapequa East Meadow East Northport East Setauket Eastchester Elmont Elwood Endwell Farmingville Floral Park Fort Salonga Franklin Square Freeport Garden City Greece Harrison Hauppauge Hicksville Holbrook Holtsville Huntington Huntington Station Irondequoit Islip Jefferson Valley-Yorktown Jericho Kings Park Levittown Lindenhurst Long Beach Lynbrook Malverne Massapequa Massapequa Park Medford Melville Merrick Mount Sinai Myers Corner Nanuet Nesconset New City New Rochelle New York Niskayuna North Babylon North Bellmore North Hills North Massapequa North Merrick North New Hyde Park North Tonawanda North Valley Stream North Wantagh Northport Oakdale Oceanside Pearl River Plainview Port Washington Ridge Rockville Centre Ronkonkoma Rye Salisbury Sayville Scarsdale Seaford Selden Shirley Smithtown South Farmingdale Southold St. James Stony Brook Stony Point Syosset Tonawanda Town Valley Cottage Valley Stream Wantagh West Babylon West Hempstead West Islip West Seneca White Plains Woodbury Woodmere Yonkers
North Carolina
Apex Cary Charlotte Clemmons Concord Cornelius Davidson Durham Etowah Holly Springs Huntersville Indian Trail Lake Norman of Catawba Lake Norman of Iredell Leland Matthews Mint Hill Oak Island Pinehurst Porters Neck Raleigh St. James Stallings Summerfield Wake Forest Weddington
North Dakota
Ohio
Amherst Aurora Austintown Avon Avon Lake Bainbridge Bay Village Beavercreek Brecksville Broadview Heights Brunswick Canal Winchester Canfield Centerville Chesterland Cincinnati Clayton Cleveland Columbus Delaware Dublin Englewood Forestville Gahanna Green Grove City Highland Heights Hilliard Huber Heights Hudson Independence Kettering Lyndhurst Macedonia Mack Mason Mentor Middleburg Heights Montgomery New Franklin North Olmsted North Ridgeville North Royalton Oregon Parma Powell Rocky River Seven Hills Shaker Heights Solon Springboro Stow Strongsville Sylvania Tallmadge The Village of Indian Hill Twinsburg Upper Arlington Vermilion Westerville Westlake Worthington
Oklahoma
Bixby Broken Arrow Edmond Moore Yukon
Oregon
Aloha Ashland Beaverton Bend Bethany Cedar Mill Dallas Happy Valley Hillsboro Lake Oswego Oak Grove Oatfield Oregon City Portland Tigard West Linn
Pennsylvania
Allison Park Bethel Park Broomall Chestnut Hill Economy Franklin Park Glenshaw Hermitage Jefferson Hills Levittown Lower Burrell Monroeville Montgomeryville Murrysville Northwest Harborcreek Philadelphia Pittsburgh Pleasant Hills Plum Richboro Village Green-Green Ridge West Mifflin Whitehall Wyomissing
Rhode Island
Cranston Greenville Warwick Westerly
South Carolina
Aiken Bluffton Charleston Five Forks Forestbrook Garden City Goose Creek Hardeeville Hilton Head Island Litchfield Beach Little River Mount Pleasant Murrells Inlet North Myrtle Beach
South Dakota
Tennessee
Bartlett Brentwood Collierville Fairfield Glade Farragut Franklin Germantown Halls Hendersonville Kingsport Memphis Mount Juliet Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance) Spring Hill Tellico Village
Texas
Allen Arlington Atascocita Austin Bellaire Brushy Creek Bulverde Burleson Canyon Lake Carrollton Cedar Hill Cedar Park Celina Cibolo Cinco Ranch Colleyville Coppell Corinth Dallas DeSoto Deer Park El Paso Fair Oaks Ranch Fairview Flower Mound Fort Worth Friendswood Frisco Garland Georgetown Grand Prairie Grapevine Heath Highland Village Houston Keller Kerrville Lago Vista Lakehills Lakeway League City Leander Little Elm Mansfield McKinney Midland Midlothian Missouri City Murphy New Braunfels North Richland Hills Pearland Pecan Grove Pecan Plantation Pflugerville Plano Prosper Richardson Rockport Rockwall Round Rock Rowlett Sachse San Antonio Schertz Sienna Southlake Spring Sugar Land The Colony The Woodlands Timberwood Park Trophy Club University Park West University Place Woodway Wylie
Utah
Bountiful Centerville Cottonwood Heights Draper Herriman Highland Holladay Ivins Kaysville Layton Lehi Millcreek Riverton Roy Sandy South Jordan St. George Syracuse Taylorsville West Jordan West Valley City
Virginia
Alexandria Annandale Arlington Ashburn Brandermill Buckhall Burke Burke Centre Cave Spring Centreville Chantilly Chesapeake Dale City Difficult Run Dranesville Fairfax Fairfax Station Forest Fort Hunt Franconia Franklin Farm Great Falls Herndon Hollins Kings Park West Kingstowne Lake Monticello Lake Ridge Lake of the Woods Leesburg Linton Hall Manassas McLean Mechanicsville Midlothian Montclair Mount Vernon New Baltimore Newington Newington Forest Oakton Poquoson Reston Rockwood Rose Hill Short Pump South Riding South Run Springfield Sterling Suffolk Tuckahoe Vienna Virginia Beach Wakefield West Falls Church West Springfield Wolf Trap
Washington
Anacortes Artondale Auburn Bainbridge Island Bellevue Birch Bay Bonney Lake Bothell Bothell West Brier Camano Camas Clarkston Heights-Vineland Cottage Lake Covington East Renton Highlands Eastmont Edmonds Federal Way Felida Graham Issaquah Kenmore Kennewick Kent Kirkland Lacey Lake Forest Park Lake Shore Lake Stevens Lake Tapps Maltby Maple Valley Maplewood Marysville Mercer Island Mill Creek East Mukilteo Normandy Park Ocean Shores Port Townsend Redmond Renton Richland Salmon Creek Sammamish Seattle Shoreline Silver Firs South Hill Union Hill-Novelty Hill University Place Vashon
West Virginia
St. Albans Teays Valley Weirton
Wisconsin
Allouez Appleton Brookfield Caledonia Fox Point Franklin Germantown Glendale Greenfield Madison Menomonee Falls Mequon Milwaukee Mount Pleasant Muskego New Berlin Oak Creek Oconomowoc Onalaska Pewaukee Pleasant Prairie Richfield Suamico Sun Prairie Waukesha Wauwatosa