Fact text

  • A Morton Grove rose won first place at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, making Poehlman Brothers one of the world's largest floral firms.
  • During Prohibition, Morton Grove's speakeasies drew limousines from across the North Shore partly because neighboring Evanston was the headquarters of the Women's Christian Temperance Union.
  • At its peak, the Lincoln Tavern casino reportedly ran over 400 slot machines plus dice tables, roulette, and blackjack.
  • Morton Grove once had pickle and sauerkraut plants, until a pickle blight wiped them all out in 1915.
  • The village formally incorporated on December 24, 1895, yes, Christmas Eve.
Your
Morton Grove
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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22937
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Total Population
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$
87063
Median Income
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$
326100
Median Home
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26
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Morton Grove
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
50
Healthcare
16
Climate
19

Results

Morton Grove

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Illinois does not tax Social Security benefits, which helps retirees stretch fixed income further despite the state's flat income tax.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
50

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
50
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
16

The area has

43

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
19

A

Cold / Snowy

climate — summers peak near

82

°F, winters dip to about

20

°F, with roughly

38

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Very High

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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