Fact text

  • Edmond literally sprang up overnight, the entire town formed in a single day during the 1889 Oklahoma Land Run.
  • The city was named after a railroad freight agent, Edmond Burdick, so basically a town of 94,000 people is named after a guy who shipped cargo.
  • The first public schoolhouse ever built in Oklahoma Territory still stands in Edmond and is open to visitors, it went up in August 1889, just months after the town itself existed.
  • Edmond is home to what was Oklahoma's oldest continuously running newspaper, founded by a man nicknamed 'Kicking Bird' Reynolds.
Your
Edmond
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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93101
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Total Population
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$
84223
Median Income
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$
253500
Median Home
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15
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Edmond
ranks for retirees?
45
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
76
Healthcare
43
Climate
73

Results

Edmond

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
76

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
76
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
43

The area has

19

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
3
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
73

A

climate — summers peak near

°F, winters dip to about

°F, with roughly

3

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
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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