Fact text

  • In 2019, River Ridge's Little League team became the first from Louisiana ever to win the Little League World Series.
  • Their championship run was extra dramatic, they lost their opening game but still came back to win it all, the first team to do that since 2001.
  • The community was called 'Little Farms' for decades, and Little Farms Avenue still runs through the neighborhood today as a nod to its rural past.
  • River Ridge only got its current name in 1974, created specifically to give the area between Kenner, Harahan, and Metairie its own identity.
Your
River Ridge
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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13690
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Total Population
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$
72056
Median Income
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$
249300
Median Home
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23
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
River Ridge
ranks for retirees?
44
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
60
Healthcare
47
Climate
82

Results

River Ridge

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Louisiana does not tax Social Security benefits, though other retirement income may still be subject to state income tax.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
60

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
60
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
47

The area has

5

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
82

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

91

°F, winters dip to about

47

°F, with roughly

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Mild
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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