Fact text

  • Waukesha was once so famous for its healing spring water that someone tried to pipe it all the way to Chicago for the 1893 World's Fair.
  • The founder of Sears, Roebuck & Co. was so drawn to Waukesha's legendary waters that he retired to a farm there and spent his final years in the city.
  • Waukesha earned the nickname 'Saratoga of the West' thanks to its celebrated mineral springs, putting a Wisconsin city in the same breath as a famous New York resort town.
  • The very first legal forward pass in football history was thrown in Waukesha on September 5, 1906, and the hometown crowd was reportedly stunned.
Your
Waukesha
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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72419
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Total Population
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$
65688
Median Income
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$
223600
Median Home
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14
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Waukesha
ranks for retirees?
47
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
62
Healthcare
95
Climate
5

Results

Waukesha

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

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

State sales tax here runs about

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
62

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
62
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
95

The area has

6

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

5

/5 CMS quality rating.

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

Weather & Comfort

Climate
5

A

Cold / Snowy

climate — summers peak near

80

°F, winters dip to about

14

°F, with roughly

40

″ of snow a year.

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

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Relatively Moderate

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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