Fact text

  • London Bridge, yes, the real one from England, was purchased for $2.5 million and shipped stone by stone to this Arizona desert city in 1968.
  • London Bridge is now Arizona's second-biggest tourist attraction, trailing only the Grand Canyon.
  • The man who designed Disneyland's road layout was hired to design Lake Havasu City's streets.
  • Lake Havasu City recorded Arizona's all-time hottest temperature: a scorching 128°F on June 29, 1994.
  • To lure homebuyers, the developer literally ran his own airline, flying prospective customers in for free on planes like the iconic Lockheed Constellation.
Your
Lake Havasu City
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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Every figure mentioned is drawn from the same sourced public data shown below — and the video updates as the data does.
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55463
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Total Population
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$
55887
Median Income
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$
267500
Median Home
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33
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Lake Havasu City
ranks for retirees?
14
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
29
Healthcare
9
Climate
9

Results

Lake Havasu City

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Arizona does not tax Social Security benefits, which preserves a key income source for retirees, though other income remains subject to state tax.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
29

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
29
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
9

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
9

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

107

°F, winters dip to about

44

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Mild
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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