01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Massachusetts taxes income but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, a meaningful break for retirees depending on those payments.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- Marblehead is nicknamed the 'birthplace of the American Navy', though nearby Beverly would like a word about that.
- The town's men's softball league, founded in 1939, is the oldest continuously running adult softball league in the entire world.
- Settlers named the town 'Marblehead' after mistaking its granite ledges for actual marble, an honest mistake that stuck for centuries.
- The first Marine aviator took flight right from Marblehead Harbor in 1912, launching the entire history of Marine Corps Aviation from this little coastal town.
- A famous local cookie called the 'Joe Frogger', made with molasses and sea water, was packed aboard the first vessel ever commissioned for the Continental Army.
Your
Marblehead
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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20530
+
Total Population
$
131293
Median Income
$
705600
Median Home
21
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Marblehead
ranks for retirees?
18
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
21
Healthcare
29
Climate
12
Results
Marblehead
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
21
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
5
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
3
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
3
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Cold / Snowy
climate — summers peak near
78
°F, winters dip to about
23
°F, with roughly
41
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
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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