01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
California taxes most retirement income but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, and carries a state sales tax rate of about 7.25%.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
7
Fact text
- Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Nvidia founder Jensen Huang have both called this tiny 8,500-person town home.
- Los Altos Hills bans all commercial zones, meaning there are exactly two places to shop in the entire town.
- Despite being a proper incorporated town, Los Altos Hills has no post office and no library.
- Every lot in town must be at least one acre, multifamily housing is completely banned, keeping it gloriously un-crowded.
- Hewlett-Packard co-founder David Packard and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are both notable residents of this one small Silicon Valley town.
Your
Los Altos Hills
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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8496
+
Total Population
$
250001
Median Income
$
2000001
Median Home
29
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Los Altos Hills
ranks for retirees?
23
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
5
Healthcare
29
Climate
72
Results
Los Altos Hills
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
5
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
8
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
3
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
3
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Temperate
climate — summers peak near
76
°F, winters dip to about
40
°F, with roughly
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
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
Very High
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