Fact text

  • Sandy was once Utah's most significant smelting center, thanks to silver mining in nearby Little Cottonwood Canyon fueling a wild main street of hotels, saloons, and brothels.
  • The origin of Sandy's name is a genuine mystery, historians have debated for years whether it came from the soil, a colorful Scottish engineer, or something else entirely.
  • America First Field, home of Real Salt Lake soccer, is a soccer-specific stadium, one of the first purpose-built for the sport in the entire country.
  • Sandy's ambitious city center redevelopment project is charmingly named 'The Cairns,' inspired by the stacked-stone trail markers hikers use in the nearby mountains.
Your
Sandy
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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96137
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Total Population
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$
95715
Median Income
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$
375800
Median Home
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14
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Sandy
ranks for retirees?
41
/ 100

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

Tax
0
Affordability
46
Healthcare
96
Climate
7

Results

Sandy

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
0

Utah exempts most middle-income retirees from Social Security taxes, with benefits only taxed above certain income thresholds.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
0
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
46

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
46
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
96

The area has

9

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

5

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
5
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
7

A

Cold / Snowy

climate — summers peak near

86

°F, winters dip to about

24

°F, with roughly

95

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
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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