Fact text

  • Richmond once had the largest winery in the world, then Prohibition hit, and today its ghostly abandoned village of Winehaven still sits fenced off near the waterfront.
  • Two of the last operational wigwag railroad crossing signals in the entire U.S. still exist in Point Richmond, a quirky relic that survived a 2005 government order to replace them.
  • Kaiser's Richmond shipyards once built a complete Liberty ship in just five days, setting a record that sounds like a dare someone actually won.
  • The medical system created for Richmond's WWII shipyard workers eventually grew into Kaiser Permanente, now one of the largest HMOs in America.
  • Point Richmond was literally an island before industrial fill connected it to the mainland in the early 1900s, it just quietly joined the rest of the city.
Your
Richmond
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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110051
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Total Population
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$
72463
Median Income
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$
505800
Median Home
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14
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Richmond
ranks for retirees?
22
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
9
Healthcare
29
Climate
60

Results

Richmond

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

California does not tax Social Security benefits, though retirees should plan for the state's income tax on other retirement income and a base sales tax rate of about 7.25%.

State sales tax here runs about

7

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
7
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
9

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
9
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
29

The area has

7

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
60

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

71

°F, winters dip to about

44

°F, with roughly

″ of snow a year.

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

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Very High

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Very High

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