01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Virginia does not tax Social Security benefits, which preserves a meaningful income stream for retirees on fixed budgets.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jason Mraz, known for 'I'm Yours,' hails from Mechanicsville.
- A downtown 'windmill' landmark is actually a former bank branch built in the 1970s, its blades run on an electric motor, purely for show.
- Mechanicsville has a house, Rural Plains, that was lived in by the same family of male Sheltons for over 330 years straight.
- The town produced not one but two NASCAR-adjacent racing drivers with the same last name, Kevin and Wayne Grubb.
- Motion City Soundtrack has two members, bassist Matt Taylor and drummer Tony Thaxton, both from Mechanicsville.
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Mechanicsville
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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37141
+
Total Population
$
77291
Median Income
$
243400
Median Home
18
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Mechanicsville
ranks for retirees?
51
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
71
Healthcare
82
Climate
44
Results
Mechanicsville
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
71
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
1
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
4
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Temperate
climate — summers peak near
88
°F, winters dip to about
30
°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
Relatively Low
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