Fact text

  • Rockport's name comes from a literal rock ledge that runs along the shoreline, not exactly a poetic origin, but honest!
  • The Rockport Art Festival has been drawing artists and art lovers every Fourth of July weekend since 1970.
  • Texas's oldest live oak tree, nicknamed 'The Big Tree,' lives just outside Rockport on the nearby Lamar Peninsula.
  • Rockport hosts a full-on Pirate Fest, because apparently every great beach town needs one.
Your
Rockport
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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Every figure mentioned is drawn from the same sourced public data shown below — and the video updates as the data does.
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10815
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Total Population
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$
59420
Median Income
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$
204600
Median Home
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28
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Rockport
ranks for retirees?
66
/ 100

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

Tax
79
Affordability
61
Healthcare
50
Climate
83

Results

Rockport

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
79

Texas levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension checks, and IRA withdrawals are all state-tax-free.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
79
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
61

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
61
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
50

The area has

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
83

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

91

°F, winters dip to about

48

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

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

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively Low

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

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively Low

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