01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Arizona does not tax Social Security benefits, though other retirement income is subject to state income tax.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- Scottsdale's name was basically a typo, a newspaper accidentally called the town 'Scottsdale' instead of 'Orangedale,' and the name just stuck.
- Frank Lloyd Wright loved Scottsdale so much he bought 600 acres of desert and made it his winter home and architectural headquarters.
- A ranch once owned in Scottsdale had a pedigree that's hard to beat, its owner's grandfathers were Cyrus McCormick (inventor of the grain reaper) and John D. Rockefeller.
- Motorola was Scottsdale's very first tech company, setting up shop in 1950 and essentially launching the city's transformation into a tech hub.
- Scottsdale's official city seal features a mounted cowboy surrounded by a dramatic 64-pointed starburst, because apparently regular stars just weren't enough.
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Scottsdale
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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254995
+
Total Population
$
91042
Median Income
$
493200
Median Home
24
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Scottsdale
ranks for retirees?
26
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
20
Healthcare
40
Climate
43
Results
Scottsdale
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
20
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
36
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
3
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
3
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Mild
climate — summers peak near
98
°F, winters dip to about
44
°F, with roughly
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Mild
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
Very High
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