Fact text

  • Cowboy movie star Tom Mix died here in 1940 when his speeding convertible rolled into a dry wash, now officially named the Tom Mix Wash in his honor.
  • A 2-foot iron statue of a riderless horse marks the exact spot where Tom Mix had his fatal crash, a surprisingly small monument for such a famous Hollywood star.
  • Pearl Hart, one of the Old West's most notorious outlaws, was tried at Florence's courthouse in 1899 for committing one of the last stagecoach robberies in U.S. history.
  • The infamous Yuma Territorial Prison, featured in the movie '3:10 to Yuma', was closed in 1909 and its inmates were relocated directly to Florence.
  • A nearby ghost town called Adamsville was literally wiped off the map when the Gila River flooded and swallowed most of it, today it exists only as a historical marker.
Your
Florence
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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26777
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Total Population
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$
58363
Median Income
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$
188000
Median Home
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17
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Florence
ranks for retirees?
37
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
68
Healthcare
50
Climate
17

Results

Florence

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Arizona does not tax Social Security benefits, which keeps more retirement income in your pocket compared to many other states.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
68

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
68
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
50

The area has

5

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
17

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

103

°F, winters dip to about

42

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Mild
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively Moderate

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively Moderate

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