01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Massachusetts taxes income but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, which helps retirees stretch fixed income further.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- 'Jingle Bells' may have been written in Medford after someone watched a sleigh race down the road to Malden, so blame Medford for that earworm every December.
- A French astronomer accidentally unleashed the spongy moth on all of North America in 1868 when several escaped from his house on Myrtle Street.
- Amelia Earhart lived in Medford while working as a social worker in 1925, before she had bigger travel plans.
- Fannie Farmer, author of one of the world's most famous cookbooks, called Medford home.
- The Peter Tufts House is thought to be the oldest all-brick building in all of New England.
Your
Medford
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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58290
+
Total Population
$
101168
Median Income
$
551900
Median Home
14
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Medford
ranks for retirees?
31
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
20
Healthcare
43
Climate
68
Results
Medford
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
20
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
11
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
3
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
3
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
climate — summers peak near
°F, winters dip to about
°F, with roughly
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
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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