Fact text

  • Sterling's name traces back to medieval Norman pennies called 'sterlings', the same coins that eventually gave the world the term 'pound sterling.'
  • One early Sterling farm was literally called 'The Experimental Farm' because it was among the first in the area to receive a U.S. grant for applying scientific farming methods.
  • When Sterling Park was developed in the early 1960s, the developers proudly promised every home would have air conditioning, a genuinely radical luxury at that price point back then.
Your
Sterling
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.
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30872
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Total Population
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$
101079
Median Income
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$
378700
Median Home
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10
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Sterling
ranks for retirees?
49
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
50
Healthcare
95
Climate
36

Results

Sterling

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

Virginia does not tax Social Security benefits, though other retirement income is subject to the state income tax.

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
50

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
50
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
95

The area has

2

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

5

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
36

A

Cold / Snowy

climate — summers peak near

85

°F, winters dip to about

25

°F, with roughly

21

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Cold / Snowy
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively Low

FEMA's overall natural-disaster risk rating for this county on the National Risk Index.

Source · FEMA National Risk Index
Relatively Low

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