01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
North Dakota levies a state income tax, but Social Security benefits are fully exempt, a meaningful break for retirees relying on that income.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- Bismarck is the only U.S. state capital named after a foreign statesman, German chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
- The city was renamed Bismarck specifically to lure German investors and settlers to buy into the Northern Pacific Railway.
- The North Dakota State Capitol is a 19-story Art Deco skyscraper, and the tallest building in the entire state.
- The original capitol building dramatically burned to the ground in 1930, so the current one was built during the Great Depression.
- Bismarck's Cathedral District still has towering American elms lining its streets, they somehow escaped the elm disease that wiped out tree canopies across eastern U.S. cities.
Your
Bismarck
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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73435
+
Total Population
$
67629
Median Income
$
249200
Median Home
17
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Bismarck
ranks for retirees?
40
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
52
Healthcare
82
Climate
2
Results
Bismarck
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
52
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
80
°F, winters dip to about
5
°F, with roughly
″ 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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