01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Utah exempts most middle-income retirees from state tax on Social Security benefits, with taxation kicking in only above certain income thresholds.
Source · Tax Foundation
0
Fact text
- Post Malone, the face-tattooed rap superstar behind 'Rockstar' and 'Sunflower', once called this quiet Salt Lake suburb home.
- Cottonwood Heights is nicknamed 'City between the canyons', because it literally sits between two of them, Big and Little Cottonwood.
- Breeze Airways and JetBlue both have corporate offices here, making this one suburb that's seriously well-connected to the skies.
- Olympic gold medalist Tristan Gale is from Cottonwood Heights, proof this city produces champions.
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Cottonwood Heights
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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33865
+
Total Population
$
95427
Median Income
$
402100
Median Home
17
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Cottonwood Heights
ranks for retirees?
40
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
0
Affordability
39
Healthcare
96
Climate
7
Results
Cottonwood Heights
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
39
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
9
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
5
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
5
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Cold / Snowy
climate — summers peak near
86
°F, winters dip to about
24
°F, with roughly
95
″ 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 High
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