Fact text

  • In Parkland's early days, horses literally outnumbered the human population, the city was that committed to its equestrian roots.
  • Parkland had zero stores and zero traffic lights until the mid-1990s, making it possibly the most intentionally inconvenient suburb in Florida.
  • Parkland sits on the edge of the Everglades and shares South Florida's tropical rainforest climate, one of the only spots in the contiguous 48 states that can claim that.
  • Olympic swimmer Dara Torres, a jaw-dropping 12-time Olympic medalist, calls Parkland home.
  • NHL legend Roberto Luongo has lived in Parkland since 2000, making this quiet equestrian suburb secretly a hockey town.
Your
Parkland
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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32878
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Total Population
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$
159692
Median Income
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$
631000
Median Home
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12
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Parkland
ranks for retirees?
62
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
45
Healthcare
43
Climate
97

Results

Parkland

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Florida levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension, and retirement account withdrawals all escape state-level taxation.

State sales tax here runs about

6

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
6
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
45

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
45
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
43

The area has

15

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
97

A

Warm / Subtropical

climate — summers peak near

90

°F, winters dip to about

58

°F, with roughly

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Warm / Subtropical
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively High

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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