Fact text

  • Gulfport once went by four different names, including 'Veteran City', envisioned as a retirement town for Civil War veterans way back in 1905.
  • The town officially became 'Gulfport' at an incorporation ceremony held inside a place called the Gulf Casino, on a dock.
  • Every September, locals elect an official Gecko Queen as part of the monthlong GeckoFest celebration, which also includes a Gecko PubCrawl and a Gecko Ball.
  • Gulfport's Casino Ballroom packs in dancers five nights a week on a 5,000-square-foot authentic 1930s-style dance floor.
  • Gulfport Elementary was the very first Montessori school in all of Pinellas County.
Your
Gulfport
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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Every figure mentioned is drawn from the same sourced public data shown below — and the video updates as the data does.
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12334
+
Total Population
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$
53869
Median Income
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$
219300
Median Home
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34
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Gulfport
ranks for retirees?
57
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
42
Healthcare
29
Climate
96

Results

Gulfport

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Florida levies no state income tax, so Social Security, pension payments, and retirement account withdrawals are fully exempt at the state level.

State sales tax here runs about

6

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
6
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
42

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
42
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
29

The area has

10

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
96

A

Warm / Subtropical

climate — summers peak near

91

°F, winters dip to about

55

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Warm / Subtropical
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively High

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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