01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Montana exempts most middle-income retirees from Social Security taxes and charges no state sales tax, keeping everyday costs lower for fixed-income households.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
0
Fact text
- Billings earned the nickname 'Magic City' because it grew from three buildings to over 2,000 residents in just a few months after its 1882 founding.
- Pompey's Pillar outside Billings holds the only remaining physical signature William Clark carved into rock during the entire Lewis and Clark Expedition.
- The predecessor town of Coulson was so wild its lawman was a legend literally known as 'Liver-Eating Johnson.'
- Billings sits where an inland sea lapped the shoreline 80 million years ago, leaving behind compressed sand now forming the dramatic stone cliffs called the Rimrocks.
- Billings has more hotel accommodations than any city in a five-state region, making Montana's biggest city a surprisingly major convention hub.
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Billings
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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109705
+
Total Population
$
60032
Median Income
$
233700
Median Home
17
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Billings
ranks for retirees?
41
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
46
Healthcare
82
Climate
14
Results
Billings
Suitability Breakdown
02 - Income
Annuity Rates Available Here
Fixed annuity rates reach up to
7
% on 5-year terms, with most landing between
5
% and
5
%.
Source · Cannex
46
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
2
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
4
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Cold / Snowy
climate — summers peak near
83
°F, winters dip to about
19
°F, with roughly
55
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
05 - Risk
Natural Disaster Risk
FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.
Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively Moderate
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