Fact text

  • The town's name likely honors a 17th-century poet nicknamed 'the Matchless Orinda', making it possibly the only U.S. city named after a literary nickname.
  • Steph Curry, two-time NBA MVP and Golden State Warriors legend, called Orinda home from 2013 to 2016.
  • Will Wright, the genius who gave the world SimCity and The Sims, is from Orinda, so a local basically invented the concept of virtual life.
  • Jeremy Stoppelman founded Yelp.com here, meaning Orinda is indirectly responsible for every one-star restaurant review ever written.
  • The Moraga Adobe, built in 1841 and sitting quietly in Orinda, is the oldest building in the entire East Bay.
Your
Orinda
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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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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19461
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Total Population
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$
231230
Median Income
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$
1515500
Median Home
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23
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Orinda
ranks for retirees?
25
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
12
Healthcare
29
Climate
73

Results

Orinda

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

California taxes retirement income but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, and the state's 7.25% base sales tax is a cost retirees should factor into their budgets.

State sales tax here runs about

7

%.

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

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
12

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
12
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
29

The area has

7

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
73

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

74

°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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