Fact text

  • Allen was the site of Texas's first train robbery, pulled off by the notorious Sam Bass gang back in 1878.
  • Lyrick Studios, the company behind a certain beloved purple dinosaur named Barney, was headquartered right here in Allen.
  • Allen's outdoor skate park stretches nearly 38,000 square feet, making it one of the largest skate parks in all of Texas.
  • Allen's annual USA Celebration fireworks show draws around 100,000 people and is considered one of the largest Fourth of July displays in Texas.
  • Past performers at Allen's USA Celebration include Pentatonix, Three Dog Night, and the Commodores, not bad for a suburb.
Your
Allen
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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104040
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Total Population
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$
113719
Median Income
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$
323500
Median Home
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9
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Allen
ranks for retirees?
73
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
81
Healthcare
74
Climate
45

Results

Allen

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Texas levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are all free from state-level taxation.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
81

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
81
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
74

The area has

13

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
45

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

90

°F, winters dip to about

32

°F, with roughly

1

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
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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