01 - Taxes
Retirement Tax Treatment
South Dakota levies no state income tax, so Social Security, pension payments, and IRA or 401(k) withdrawals are all free of state-level taxation.
Source · Tax Foundation
8
Fact text
- In the 1890s, Sioux Falls was nicknamed the 'Divorce Colony' because it had some of the nation's most permissive divorce laws.
- Citibank relocated its entire credit card center from New York City to Sioux Falls in 1981 to take advantage of relaxed state usury laws.
- The cascading falls at the heart of the city were carved out by the last ice age roughly 14,000 years ago.
- A severe plague of grasshoppers helped crash a booming 1880s growth spurt, leaving the city with a net gain of just 89 people over an entire decade.
Your
Sioux Falls
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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180927
+
Total Population
$
61738
Median Income
$
205100
Median Home
13
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Sioux Falls
ranks for retirees?
48
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
65
Healthcare
95
Climate
3
Results
Sioux Falls
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
65
03 - Healthcare
Hospital Access & Quality
The area has
4
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
82
°F, winters dip to about
9
°F, with roughly
45
″ 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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