01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Florida levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are all free from state taxation.
Source · Tax Foundation
79
6
Fact text
- Fort Myers Beach hosts the largest sand sculpting event in the entire U.S., where nearly 47,000 people watch 2,000 tons of sand get transformed into art.
- The town threw itself a very on-brand New Year's Eve party, it officially incorporated on December 31, 1995.
- Locals once struck 'pink gold', the discovery of pink shrimp in the 1950s ignited a booming shrimping industry and grew the population by 50 percent.
- Every year since 1952, the town has held a ceremonial Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet, wishing all the boats and crews good luck before heading out.
- The Beach Library, opened in 1955 in a one-room cottage with a single librarian, was the very first free public library in all of Lee County.
Your
Fort Myers Beach
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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7102
+
Total Population
$
75919
Median Income
$
474900
Median Home
53
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Fort Myers Beach
ranks for retirees?
58
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
79
Affordability
13
Healthcare
56
Climate
92
Results
Fort Myers Beach
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
13
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
Warm / Subtropical
climate — summers peak near
92
°F, winters dip to about
55
°F, with roughly
0
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Warm / Subtropical
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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