01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
California taxes most retirement income but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, and the state sales tax starts at 7.25%.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
7
Fact text
- Palm Springs was originally named 'Se-Khi' by the Cahuilla people, meaning 'boiling water,' a name that still makes perfect sense on a 115-degree summer day.
- Every winter the city's population literally triples, and the majority of those seasonal snowbirds flooding in are Canadians.
- Palm Springs is the largest city in Riverside County by land area, yet it has a population smaller than many mid-sized college campuses.
- The city's streets have unusually poetic names, Andreas, Arenas, Amado, Belardo, all common Cahuilla surnames honoring the area's original residents.
- One early Spanish nickname for the area was 'La Palma de la Mano de Dios', 'The Palm of God's Hand', which honestly still sounds like great real-estate marketing.
Your
Palm Springs
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.
48390
+
Total Population
$
57916
Median Income
$
398100
Median Home
32
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Palm Springs
ranks for retirees?
13
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
10
Healthcare
19
Climate
13
Results
Palm Springs
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
10
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
16
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
3
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
3
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Mild
climate — summers peak near
106
°F, winters dip to about
46
°F, with roughly
0
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Mild
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
Very High
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