Fact text

  • Newark is completely surrounded by the city of Fremont, making it a rare geographic oddity, an enclave swallowed whole by its neighbor.
  • Newark was named after Newark Castle in Scotland, not the famous New Jersey city everyone assumes.
  • Rollie Fingers, the Hall of Fame pitcher famous for his legendary handlebar mustache, is from Newark.
  • Peterbilt trucks, those iconic big rigs, were actually manufactured right in Newark from the 1960s through the 1980s.
  • Newark hosts a four-day festival every September called 'Newark Days' to celebrate the city's founding, a whole party just for being a city.
Your
Newark
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
Hosted by Michael McMillan, President of Annuities.net
Every figure mentioned is drawn from the same sourced public data shown below — and the video updates as the data does.
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48148
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Total Population
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$
127619
Median Income
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$
816100
Median Home
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13
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Newark
ranks for retirees?
29
/ 100

A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.

Tax
8
Affordability
13
Healthcare
38
Climate
81

Results

Newark

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

California does not tax Social Security benefits, though retirees with other income sources will still owe state income tax.

State sales tax here runs about

7

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
7
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
13

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
13
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
38

The area has

11

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
81

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

76

°F, winters dip to about

43

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Mild
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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