01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Massachusetts does not tax Social Security benefits, though other retirement income is subject to the state income tax.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- Both Howard Johnson's AND Dunkin' Donuts were founded in Quincy, the city basically invented American road-trip eating.
- Quincy built the first commercial railroad in the U.S. in 1826, just to haul granite for the Bunker Hill Monument.
- Celtic punk legends the Dropkick Murphys got their start in Quincy's Wollaston neighborhood in 1996.
- Quincy is the only one of 17 U.S. cities named 'Quincy' where locals pronounce it 'KWIN-zee' instead of 'KWIN-see'.
- The world's only seven-masted schooner, the Thomas W. Lawson, was built right here in Quincy.
Your
Quincy
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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94389
+
Total Population
$
80462
Median Income
$
453100
Median Home
17
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Quincy
ranks for retirees?
28
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
17
Healthcare
64
Climate
16
Results
Quincy
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
17
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
4
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
4
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Cold / Snowy
climate — summers peak near
80
°F, winters dip to about
23
°F, with roughly
47
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
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
Relatively Moderate
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