BEST PLACES TO RETIRE
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Baltimore, MD
Population: 631,366
Population, age 50+: 190,347
Population growth, age 50+: 6.3%
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City stats |
Median family income
(per year) |
$40,072 |
Family purchasing power
(annual, cost-of-living adjusted) |
$33,561 |
| Sales tax |
5.00% |
State income tax rate
(highest bracket) |
4.75% |
State income tax rate
(lowest bracket) |
2.00% |
Auto insurance premiums
(Average for the state) |
$2,529 |
| Retirement tax break from state? |
No |
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City stats |
| Median home price |
$154,391 |
Average property taxes
(2006) |
$1,866 |
| See homes for sale |
| See million-dollar homes |
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City stats |
Air quality index*
(% of days AQI ranked as good) |
57.5% |
| Personal crime incidents (per 1,000) |
18 |
| Property crime incidents (per 1,000) |
51 |
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City stats |
Movie theaters
(within 15 miles) |
32 |
Restaurants
(within 15 miles) |
4,067 |
Bars
(within 15 miles) |
489 |
| Public tennis courts |
110 |
| Public swimming pools |
22 |
Public golf courses
(within 30 miles) |
116 |
| Park acres |
4,905 |
Libraries
(within 15 miles) |
92 |
Museums (accredited by AAM;
within 30 miles) |
9 |
| Ski resorts (within 100 miles) |
8 |
| Arts funding (Dollars per person of state funds spent on arts) |
3 |
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City stats |
Annual rainfall
(inches) |
43.59 |
| % clear days in the area |
29 |
Snowfall
(average in inches) |
21.30 |
| High temp in July ° F |
90.6° |
| Low temp in Jan ° F |
29.4° |
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City stats |
Life expectancy
(men/women) |
63.8/73.4 |
Has health plan
(% of residents) |
88.4% |
Diabetes rates
(% of residents diagnosed) |
12.7% |
Hypertension rates
(% of residents diagnosed) |
35.0% |
Geriatric doctors
(per 100,000 population) |
29 |
Cancer doctors
(per 100,000) |
86 |
Radiologists
(per 100,000) |
94 |
Heart doctors
(per 100,000) |
97 |
| Elder-care facilities** |
121 |
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City stats |
| Median age |
34.9 |
Completed at least some college
(% of residents) |
45.0% |
| Married |
28.3% |
| Divorced |
10.5% |
Racial diversity index
(100 is national average; higher numbers indicate greater diversity) |
760.0 |
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More Euro than Mid-Atlantic: charm, culture and history rolled into one.
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