01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
Washington levies no state income tax, meaning Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are all free from state-level taxation.
Source · Tax Foundation
79
Fact text
- Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, the Foo Fighters, and Heart all came from Seattle, it may be the most overachieving music city in America.
- Seattle's early timber district gave the English language 'Skid Row', logs literally skidded down the hill to a sawmill on what's now Yesler Way.
- A 19-year-old Seattle kid named James Casey borrowed $100 from a friend in 1907 and started a little delivery company you may have heard of, UPS.
- Seattle was once nicknamed the 'Queen City' before officially rebranding itself the 'Emerald City' in 1982.
- Ray Charles, Quincy Jones, and Ernestine Anderson all got their starts playing Seattle's buzzing Jackson Street jazz scene.
Your
Seattle
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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741251
+
Total Population
$
97185
Median Income
$
713600
Median Home
13
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Seattle
ranks for retirees?
51
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
79
Affordability
7
Healthcare
60
Climate
51
Results
Seattle
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
7
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
16
Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a
4
/5 CMS quality rating.
Source · CMS Hospital Compare
4
04 - Climate
Weather & Comfort
A
Temperate
climate — summers peak near
74
°F, winters dip to about
37
°F, with roughly
5
″ of snow a year.
Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Temperate
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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