01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Illinois does not tax Social Security benefits, though a state income tax does apply to other retirement income.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- Darien's City Hall is 75% underground, it used to be completely buried until it was literally lifted up in 1994.
- A cheese factory once stood in Darien; today that exact spot is occupied by a McDonald's, which feels about right.
- The Illinois Darien and Connecticut Darien even pronounce their shared name differently, Illinois stresses the first syllable, Connecticut stresses the last.
- Someone once built a home designed to look like the White House in Darien and named it Castle Eden.
- Darien borders a forest preserve with one of the only old-growth pine forests in the Chicago area, plus a waterfall popular for summer swimming.
Your
Darien
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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21843
+
Total Population
$
100771
Median Income
$
336800
Median Home
21
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Darien
ranks for retirees?
42
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
64
Healthcare
50
Climate
59
Results
Darien
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
64
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
climate — summers peak near
°F, winters dip to about
°F, with roughly
29
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
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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