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
- Sun City's grand opening on January 1, 1960 drew 100,000 visitors in one weekend, ten times more than expected, and landed the community on the cover of Time magazine.
- The town was literally built on top of a ghost town called Marinette, which is a wonderfully dramatic origin story for a retirement community.
- The name 'Sun City' was chosen via a nationwide naming contest where the winner's prize was an actual house.
- Sun City is so famously kid-free that only 1.2% of residents are under 18, making it one of the most age-inverted communities in America.
- Sun City is famous in law schools nationwide, appearing in a classic first-year property law case that professors have used for decades to teach nuisance law.
Your
Sun City
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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38888
+
Total Population
$
43405
Median Income
$
171300
Median Home
75
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Sun City
ranks for retirees?
27
/ 100
A blended, sourced view of how this city ranks for retirees across tax, affordability, healthcare, and climate.
Tax
8
Affordability
45
Healthcare
40
Climate
12
Results
Sun City
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
45
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
105
°F, winters dip to about
43
°F, with roughly
0
″ 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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