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Curated shortlist
Retirement is personal, so this does not score weather or politics for you. It starts with the parts that have a clear direction: costs, state tax treatment, care access and road safety.
How this shortlist works
Each listed measure receives equal weight after being scaled against the national range. A score only compares these states on these measures; it is not a quality grade.
Open a state to see its counties, sources and the measures behind the score.
| State | Typical home value | Cost of living | Retirement income | Social Security tax | Primary care for older adults | Emergency rooms | Road safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | $299,367 | 92.1 | No income tax | Not taxed | 453 | 390 | 34.4 |
| South Dakota | $321,574 | 91.9 | No income tax | Not taxed | 472 | 54 | 31.8 |
| Illinois | $297,573 | 94.7 | Exempt | Not taxed | 468 | 175 | 22.1 |
| Alaska | $398,663 | 124.9 | No income tax | Not taxed | 715 | 22 | 25.1 |
| Florida | $375,470 | 102.2 | No income tax | Not taxed | 343 | 184 | 34.8 |
Change the weights, add your climate preference, or drop anything that does not matter to you.
Open in Find your fit →Each named measure receives equal weight after being scaled against the national range. Measures where lower values are preferable are reversed, and the resulting values are averaged into a relative match score.
No. This is a transparent starting point based only on the published measures named on this page. It is not a quality grade or a universal recommendation.
Yes. Open the guide in Find your fit to change weights, add preferences, or remove measures that do not matter to you.
These measures have different source schedules. See each state profile's Data dates & sources disclosure and the methodology before making a decision.