Fact text

  • Oakmont Country Club, mostly located in Plum, has hosted a record-breaking ten U.S. Opens, more than any other golf course on the planet.
  • Pat McAfee, the hilariously loud WWE commentator and ESPN personality, grew up right here in Plum Borough.
  • Despite having a Pittsburgh mailing address, Plum Borough is technically not part of Pittsburgh at all, locals just lucked into the zip code.
  • Plum Borough is the second largest borough by area in all of Pennsylvania, which is a lot of Plum.
Your
Plum
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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27137
+
Total Population
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$
82704
Median Income
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$
159800
Median Home
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20
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Plum
ranks for retirees?
51
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
99
Healthcare
67
Climate
25

Results

Plum

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Pennsylvania does not tax Social Security benefits, which helps retirees on fixed income keep more of what they've earned.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
99

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
99
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
67

The area has

15

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

4

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
25

A

Cold / Snowy

climate — summers peak near

82

°F, winters dip to about

22

°F, with roughly

28

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
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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