Fact text

  • San Tan Valley nearly became 'Bella Vista', residents liked that idea so little they organized their own public vote to pick a different name.
  • For years, residents had to use neighboring Queen Creek as their mailing address, causing so much confusion that the whole town finally got its own ZIP code in 2009.
  • As recently as 2025, San Tan Valley officially incorporated as a town, making it one of the most newly minted municipalities in the entire country.
Your
San Tan Valley
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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104936
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Total Population
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$
74455
Median Income
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$
228700
Median Home
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13
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
San Tan Valley
ranks for retirees?
38
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
74
Healthcare
50
Climate
14

Results

San Tan Valley

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Arizona does not tax Social Security benefits, which helps stretch fixed retirement income further.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
74

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
74
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
50

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
14

A

Mild

climate — summers peak near

103

°F, winters dip to about

41

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Mild
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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