Fact text

  • Allen Park is home to the Uniroyal Giant Tire, a massive roadside attraction that started life as a Ferris wheel at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
  • The Giant Tire is the largest non-production tire scale model ever built, because apparently someone had to hold that title.
  • The Detroit Lions have practiced and headquartered in Allen Park since 2002, meaning the city technically hosts an NFL team without having a stadium.
  • Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park hosted the entire inaugural PBA World Series of Bowling in 2009, seven tournaments, one bowling alley.
Your
Allen Park
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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27089
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Total Population
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$
69331
Median Income
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$
133600
Median Home
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18
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Allen Park
ranks for retirees?
32
/ 100

A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.

Tax
8
Affordability
99
Healthcare
4
Climate
24

Results

Allen Park

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Michigan does not tax Social Security benefits, which can meaningfully reduce retirees' state tax burden.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
99

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
99
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
4

The area has

15

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

2

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
2
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
24

A

Cold / Snowy

climate — summers peak near

83

°F, winters dip to about

20

°F, with roughly

31

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively High

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively High

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