Fact text

  • Punta Gorda literally translates to "Fat Point" in Spanish, named for a chubby little peninsula poking into Charlotte Harbor.
  • Punta Gorda Isles has 55 miles of canals, meaning some residents can literally boat out their backyard to the Gulf of Mexico.
  • The town was originally named Trabue, but 34 fed-up locals met at Hector's Billiard Parlor in 1887 and voted to rename it on the spot.
  • The Punta Gorda Hotel was once partly owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, yes, that Vanderbilt.
Your
Punta Gorda
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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20044
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Total Population
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$
61868
Median Income
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$
342200
Median Home
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50
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Punta Gorda
ranks for retirees?
42
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
19
Healthcare
0
Climate
89

Results

Punta Gorda

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
19

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
19
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
0

The area has

2

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

1

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
1
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
89

A

Warm / Subtropical

climate — summers peak near

92

°F, winters dip to about

53

°F, with roughly

0

″ 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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