Fact text

  • Delray Beach got its name from a Detroit neighborhood, which itself was named after a Mexican battle, making it one of the most well-traveled town names in Florida.
  • In the 1930s and 40s, two nationally syndicated cartoonists ran their offices above a local bar, where they rubbed elbows with aristocrats, entertainers, and sports figures.
  • Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once wintered in Delray Beach, giving the city serious literary street cred during its bohemian "golden age."
  • Atlantic Avenue was once the biggest seller of surfboards in all of Florida, not bad for a city most people think of as a retirement haven.
  • During WWII, Delray Beach residents volunteered to watch the ocean 24 hours a day from a fake bell tower on top of a hotel, keeping a DIY eye out for enemy ships.
Your
Delray Beach
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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68916
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Total Population
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$
66245
Median Income
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$
298600
Median Home
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25
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Delray Beach
ranks for retirees?
48
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
34
Healthcare
5
Climate
98

Results

Delray Beach

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Florida levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are all free from state-level taxation.

State sales tax here runs about

6

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
6
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
34

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
34
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
5

The area has

12

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

2

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
2
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
98

A

Warm / Subtropical

climate — summers peak near

90

°F, winters dip to about

58

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Warm / Subtropical
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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