Fact text

  • Richland High School's sports teams are called the Bombers, and yes, their logo is an actual mushroom cloud.
  • The city's streets are named after famous engineers, including the designers of the Panama Canal and the founder of West Point's engineering school.
  • Wartime housing was so systematic that each home floorplan got a letter of the alphabet, giving the neighborhood its charming nickname: the 'alphabet houses.'
  • When the Army built the city from scratch in 1943, they planted trees in residents' yards and handed out free light bulbs, government living had its perks.
  • The city went from a population of 300 to 25,000 residents in just two years during World War II.
Your
Richland
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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57353
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Total Population
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$
77981
Median Income
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$
283200
Median Home
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16
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Richland
ranks for retirees?
54
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
54
Healthcare
29
Climate
56

Results

Richland

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Washington levies no state income tax, so Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are fully exempt from state taxation.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
54

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
54
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
29

The area has

3

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
56

A

Temperate

climate — summers peak near

85

°F, winters dip to about

29

°F, with roughly

6

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively Moderate

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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