Five Texas Cities Placed On List For Top Places To Retire

Every worker in Texas dreams of one thing after a long career: retirement.

All of us work hard to make money, pay bills, and afford the fun things in life. No matter the job, many work hard day in and day out. However, we're all allowed to be real and say we'd rather be on a beach every day!

Not everybody retires somewhere different when they are finally done working. Some might actually stay in the same town where the family has been located. But others take their things and move to another area of the nation.

But how many people actually move to Texas? Well, as it turns out, many in the United States may decide to plant roots in the Lone Star State given recent data.

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Retiring To These Texas Cities Might Be A Good Idea

According to USA Today, they calculated the best towns to retire to in the United States. Texas was a big winner in the ranking, having five cities taking up half the top ten. One even took the top overall spot!

Here they are, as well as the data used to determine the rankings. All data has been provided by USA Today:

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10. McAllen, Texas

Regional Price Parity: 86.9
Tax Friendliness: Most tax friendly
Typical Home Value: $223,991
Senior-relevant Care Providers per 1,000 Residents: 2.5
Crime Rate per 1,000 Residents: 22.0

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9. Abilene, Texas

Regional Price Parity: 91.7
Tax Friendliness: Most tax friendly
Typical Home Value: $198,683
Senior-relevant Care Providers per 1,000 Residents: 3.6
Crime Rate per 1,000 Residents: 24.4

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8. Wichita Falls, Texas

Regional Price Parity: 88.7
Tax Friendliness: Most tax friendly
Typical Home Value: $168,928
Senior-relevant Care Providers per 1,000 Residents: 2.5
Crime Rate per 1,000 Residents: 34.1

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6. Sugar Land, Texas

Regional Price Parity: 98.8
Tax Friendliness: Most tax friendly
Typical Home Value: $453,676
Senior-relevant Care Providers per 1,000 Residents: 10.1
Crime Rate per 1,000 Residents: 17.1

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1. Tyler, Texas

Regional Price Parity: 92.3
Tax Friendliness: Most tax friendly
Typical Home Value: $257,181
Senior-relevant Care Providers per 1,000 Residents: 9.9
Crime Rate per 1,000 Residents: 28.7

LOOK: Best Counties To Retire to in Texas

Stacker compiled a list of the best counties to retire in Texas using data from Niche.

This is Where AI Thinks You Should Retire in Texas

If you’re thinking about where to retire in the Lone Star State, stop. We have computers to do our thinking now.

Okay, I’m kidding, but when I asked artificially intelligent bot brain ChatGPT for the best places to retire in Texas, these are the answers it spit out, along with this disclaimer: “Please note that this list is not exhaustive and there may be other great places to retire in Texas that are not included here. It is always best to research and visit the place before making a decision.”

Good advice, but let’s look at the top places it recommended and decide for ourselves, shall we? Some look like winners, but some have us wondering if the computer is short-circuiting.

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The 10 best and 10 worst states to retire

For their 2024 report, Bankrate.com analyzed factors such as cost of living, health care and crime to rank the 50 states as places where you might want to consider retirement. Visit this link for the complete report.

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LOOK: These are the top 20 best places to retire in America

U.S. News analyzed housing affordability and healthcare data in 150 cities across the country to help determine which were considered most suitable to meet Americans' needs and expectations for retirement in 2024. Scores are based on a scale from 1 (Low) to 10 (High).

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