Fact text

  • Captain Kangaroo, the beloved TV neighbor to millions of kids, actually lived right in Babylon Village.
  • LL Cool J, one of hip-hop's biggest legends, spent his formative years growing up in North Babylon in the 1970s and 80s.
  • Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, the hair-metal band that screamed 'We're Not Gonna Take It', once called North Babylon home.
  • Rodney Dangerfield, the king of 'I don't get no respect' comedy, is among Babylon's notable residents.
  • The village of Amityville, made world-famous by a certain horror franchise, is right here inside the Town of Babylon.
Your
Babylon
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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Every figure mentioned is drawn from the same sourced public data shown below — and the video updates as the data does.
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12011
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Total Population
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$
128500
Median Income
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$
485700
Median Home
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18
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Babylon
ranks for retirees?
48
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
49
Healthcare
89
Climate
42

Results

Babylon

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

New York does not tax Social Security benefits, though retirees are subject to state income tax on other income sources.

State sales tax here runs about

4

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
4
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
49

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

5

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

4

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
49
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
89

The area has

9

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
42

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

80

°F, winters dip to about

26

°F, with roughly

″ 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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