Retired Brains
Cities and States Where Seniors Live

Chances are, if your city has a lot of baby boomers, many are there to stay. Here are the cities the Urban Institute predicts will have the greatest boom in baby boomer seniors.

Areas That Will Experience Senior Growth Due to the Aging of Baby Boomers

Metro Area 

Growth rate
  1. Raleigh-Cary, N.C.
  2. Austin-Round Rock, Texas
  3. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.
  4. Boise City-Nampa, Idaho
  5. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.
  6. Orlando-Kissimmee, Fla.
  7. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
  9. Colorado Springs, Colo.
  10. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas
  11. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Ariz.
  12. Charleston-North Charleston, S.C.
  13. Albuquerque, N.M.
  14. Tucson, Ariz.
  15. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.
  16. Salt Lake City, Utah
  17. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, N.C.-S.C.
  18. Denver-Aurora, Colo.
  19. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN
  20. Ogden-Clearfield, Utah
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30.1
29.8
28.7
27.8
27.2
23.7
22.7
22.6
21.5
21.0
20.8
19.5
19.2
19.1
19.0
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18.1
18.1
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Read Retire in Style: 50 Affordable Places across America by Warren Bland for more information. This book offers val­uable tips including which states have no personal income taxes (Alaska, Nevada, Texas, etc.) and which states, like Texas, freeze school-district property taxes for homeowners at age 65. William H. Frey analyzed census data to come up with cities with the greatest percentage growth in popula­tions for people age 65 and over:

Where Americans moved

According to the 2010 American Community Survey, 45.3 million people lived in a different house within the United States one year earlier. Of these movers, 6.7 million lived in a different state.

The most common state-to-state moves in 2010 were:California to Texas (68,959 movers); New York to Florida (55,011); Florida to Georgia (49,901); California to Arizona (47,164); New Jersey to Pennsylvania (42,456); New York to New Jersey (41,374); California to Washington (39,468); Texas to California (36,582); Georgia to Florida (35,615); and California to Nevada (35,472).
Learn more at

http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/mobility_of_the_population/cb11-193.html
Where Seniors Live
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nevada showed the greatest percentage increase among all states in residents 65 years of age and older. Next were Alaska, Arizona and New Mexico.
 
AARP The Magazine’s best places to live a simple life list;
 
1. Tuscon
2. Greenville, SC
3. Montpelier, VT
4. Logan, Utah
5. Ames, Iowa
  
6. Northampton, MA
7. Lexton/Fayette,KY
8. Texas Hill County
9. Oxford, MS
10 Walla Walla, WA
 
 
Selection factors
The cost of housing and property taxes are the most important factors in selecting a place to retire according to topretirement.com followed by income taxes, estate taxes, and then sales and personal property taxes. Take away the tax and real estate implications, and the decision on whether to stay or where to move to is all about being near family or in a place with a desirable lifestyle.
 
States trying to keep and to attract senior citizens with tax cuts on pensions
Maine is perhaps a bit of an anomaly at the moment. That state’s governor wants to exempt all public and private retiree pension income from state personal income tax, which would
lower taxes on 75,000 people. Other states that are moving in this direction include Georgia which has new laws that will phase out all taxes on retirement income by 2016

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