01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
California taxes retirement income but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, which provides meaningful relief for benefit-dependent retirees.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
7
Fact text
- Redwood City was once crowned the 'Chrysanthemum Center of the World', yes, that's a real title that existed.
- The Port of Redwood City is the only deepwater port on the entire southern stretch of San Francisco Bay.
- The historic downtown courthouse has a glass dome that lights up at night and dramatically changes colors every 11 seconds.
- Tech giants Oracle, Electronic Arts, Evernote, and Box all call Redwood City home, quite the neighborhood.
- Japanese immigrant brothers may have grown the very first commercially sold chrysanthemums in U.S. history right here in Redwood City in 1907.
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Redwood City
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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84518
+
Total Population
$
123294
Median Income
$
1424200
Median Home
13
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Redwood City
ranks for retirees?
36
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
1
Healthcare
69
Climate
86
Results
Redwood City
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
1
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
6
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
4
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Mild
climate — summers peak near
81
°F, winters dip to about
41
°F, with roughly
″ 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
Relatively High
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