Fact text

  • Circus king John Ringling once tried to build a Ritz-Carlton hotel on the island, but abandoned it mid-construction, and it sat unfinished for decades.
  • When the town was incorporated in 1955, the entire meeting took place inside a fire station and lasted just 3 hours and 10 minutes.
  • Legend has it that the pirate Jean Lafitte was shipwrecked on or near Longboat Key, making it one of Florida's more swashbuckling barrier islands.
  • The island's name reportedly traces back to Native Americans who fled a landing party, leaving their longboat behind in a bayou.
Your
Longboat Key
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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7299
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Total Population
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$
108015
Median Income
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$
724600
Median Home
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69
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Longboat Key
ranks for retirees?
49
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
11
Healthcare
29
Climate
93

Results

Longboat Key

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Florida levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension, and retirement account withdrawals are all state-tax-free.

State sales tax here runs about

6

%.

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

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
11

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
11
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
29

The area has

3

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
93

A

Warm / Subtropical

climate — summers peak near

90

°F, winters dip to about

53

°F, with roughly

″ 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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