Fact text

  • Bixby holds the charming nickname 'The Garden Spot of Oklahoma,' and it's still literally on the town seal and every public vehicle.
  • Washington Irving, the guy who wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', camped along the Arkansas River in what is now Bixby back in 1832.
  • Every October, Bixby Middle School drama students perform 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' in a park built to honor Irving's actual visit to the area.
  • A bridge built over the Arkansas River in 1911 was reportedly the longest bridge west of the Mississippi River at the time.
  • Bixby once shipped cantaloupes, radishes, spinach, and sweet corn by railroad to destinations across the entire country.
Your
Bixby
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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27315
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Total Population
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$
83955
Median Income
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$
242500
Median Home
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14
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Bixby
ranks for retirees?
50
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
79
Healthcare
82
Climate
22

Results

Bixby

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Oklahoma does not tax Social Security benefits, though other retirement income is subject to state income tax.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
79

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
79
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
82

The area has

12

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
22

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

91

°F, winters dip to about

27

°F, with roughly

2

″ 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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