2025 Best Places to Retire: Bottom 10
To calculate the 2025 Best Places to Retire rankings—which look at 150 top cities in the United States—U.S. News & World Report conducted a nationwide survey of people approaching or at retirement age (45 and older). Respondents were asked to indicate which attributes of a retirement destination were most important to them. Based on the survey scoring, U.S. News assigned weights to the following indexes when compiling the overall retirement score for each city: Happiness (27%), Affordability (25%), Health Care Quality (15%), Retiree Taxes (13%), Desirability (12%) and Job Market (8%).
141. Stockton, Calif.
142. Cleveland
143. Trenton, N.J.
144. St. Louis
145. Baton Rouge, La.
146. New Orleans
147. Detroit
148. New Haven, Conn.
149. Hartford, Conn.
150. San Juan, P.R.
See the full U.S. News 2025 Best Places to Retire rankings here.
SEE ALSO:
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Veteran financial services industry journalist Brian Anderson joined 401(k) Specialist as Managing Editor in January 2019. He has led editorial content for a variety of well-known properties including Insurance Forums, Life Insurance Selling, National Underwriter Life & Health, and Senior Market Advisor. He has always maintained a focus on providing readers with timely, useful information intended to help them build their business.
