01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
New Mexico exempts most middle-income retirees from Social Security taxes, with benefits only taxed above certain income thresholds.
Source · Tax Foundation
0
Fact text
- Santa Fe sits nearly 7,000 feet above sea level, making it the highest-altitude state capital in the entire U.S.
- Santa Fe's full original name is a mouthful: La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asís, locals wisely shortened it.
- Founded in 1610, Santa Fe is the oldest state capital in the U.S., it was already over 150 years old when America was founded.
- Santa Fe was the first U.S. city ever inducted into the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, back in 2005.
- Writers and authors make up a higher share of the workforce in Santa Fe than in any other U.S. city, apparently the altitude is good for creativity.
Your
Santa Fe
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.
84418
+
Total Population
$
57274
Median Income
$
290800
Median Home
24
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Santa Fe
ranks for retirees?
38
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
0
Affordability
25
Healthcare
95
Climate
21
Results
Santa Fe
Suitability Breakdown
02 - Income
Annuity Rates Available Here
Fixed annuity rates reach up to
7
% on 5-year terms, with most landing between
5
% and
5
%.
Source · Cannex
25
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
3
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
5
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
5
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Cold / Snowy
climate — summers peak near
84
°F, winters dip to about
19
°F, with roughly
23
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
05 - Risk
Natural Disaster Risk
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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