01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Colorado exempts most middle-income retirees from Social Security taxes, and its state sales tax rate is a low 2.9%.
Source · Tax Foundation
0
3
Fact text
- Trey Parker, co-creator of South Park, graduated from Evergreen High School in 1988, so the town basically raised Cartman.
- Olympic gold medal figure skater Scott Hamilton once called Evergreen home, which tracks for a town with a famous outdoor ice skating lake.
- Willie Nelson owned a ranch in Evergreen for several years, making this tiny mountain town briefly a country music hotspot.
- Evergreen Lake freezes over every winter and hosts a full-on Pond Hockey Championship, outdoor hockey at 7,000 feet is peak Colorado.
- An astronaut, a South Park creator, and Willie Nelson all came from one small mountain town of about 9,000 people, Evergreen is quietly legendary.
Your
Evergreen
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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9475
+
Total Population
$
128199
Median Income
$
496000
Median Home
19
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Evergreen
ranks for retirees?
36
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
0
Affordability
47
Healthcare
82
Climate
0
Results
Evergreen
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
47
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
4
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
4
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Cold / Snowy
climate — summers peak near
78
°F, winters dip to about
13
°F, with roughly
83
″ 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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