01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Virginia does not tax Social Security benefits, though other retirement income remains subject to state income tax.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- The town was unofficially called 'Forestville' for years, until someone realized there was already a Forestville, so they finally gave up and renamed it Great Falls in 1955.
- George Washington himself tried to build a canal around the Great Falls, but the Patowmack Canal never became commercially viable, even founding-era hustle has its off days.
- The ruins of a whole lost village called Matildaville are still visible in Great Falls Park today, a ghost town hiding in plain sight near the nation's capital.
Your
Great Falls
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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14793
+
Total Population
$
238828
Median Income
$
1128300
Median Home
21
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Great Falls
ranks for retirees?
48
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
30
Healthcare
92
Climate
68
Results
Great Falls
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
30
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
climate — summers peak near
°F, winters dip to about
°F, with roughly
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
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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