Fact text

  • Whittier College's mascot is 'The Poet', a nod to the Quaker poet the city is literally named after.
  • A city was named after poet John Greenleaf Whittier, they gifted him a plot of land, and he wrote them a poem back, but never once visited.
  • At its peak, Whittier was the largest walnut grower in the entire United States, which is a surprisingly impressive claim to fame.
  • The 'Big Red Cars' trolley line carried over a million passengers a year between Whittier and Los Angeles in its first two decades.
Your
Whittier
Retirement Outlook — in 90 seconds
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84821
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Total Population
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$
76026
Median Income
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$
598000
Median Home
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15
%
Age 65+
Retirement Suitability
How
Whittier
ranks for retirees?
26
/ 100

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

Tax
8
Affordability
6
Healthcare
36
Climate
75

Results

Whittier

Suitability Breakdown

Retirement tax planning
01 - Taxes

Retirement Tax Treatment

Tax
8

California taxes income in retirement but leaves Social Security benefits untouched, and the state sales tax runs about 7.25%.

State sales tax here runs about

7

%.

Source · Tax Foundation
8
7
Retirement tax planning
02 - Income

Annuity Rates Available Here

Affordability
6

Fixed annuity rates reach up to

7

% on 5-year terms, with most landing between

5

% and

5

%.

Source · Cannex
6
Retirement tax planning
03 - Healthcare

Hospital Access & Quality

Healthcare
36

The area has

72

Medicare-certified hospitals, averaging a

3

/5 CMS quality rating.

Source · CMS Hospital Compare
3
Retirement tax planning
04 - Climate

Weather & Comfort

Climate
75

A

climate — summers peak near

°F, winters dip to about

°F, with roughly

0

″ of snow a year.

Source · NOAA Climate Normals
Retirement tax planning
05 - Risk

Natural Disaster Risk

Risk
Very High

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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