01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Virginia taxes income in retirement but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, which can meaningfully reduce the tax burden for many retirees.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- Fairfax hosts the largest hometown Fourth of July parade and fireworks show in the entire Washington, D.C. metro region.
- Every February, Fairfax throws a Chocolate Lovers Festival complete with chocolate sculpture contests, because winter needs more chocolate.
- A road called Gallows Road is today one of Fairfax's busiest commuter routes, named after the actual gallows at the old courthouse.
- Forbes once ranked Fairfax No. 3 in its "Top 25 Places to Live Well" list, praising it for having more solo entrepreneurs per capita than 99% of U.S. cities.
- The city's oldest school building was constructed in 1873 for just $2,750 and now serves as the town's Museum and Visitor Center.
Your
Fairfax
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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23312
+
Total Population
$
109708
Median Income
$
587000
Median Home
15
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Fairfax
ranks for retirees?
41
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
21
Healthcare
92
Climate
40
Results
Fairfax
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
21
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
Temperate
climate — summers peak near
81
°F, winters dip to about
26
°F, with roughly
21
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
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
Very Low
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