These Are The Best Cities To Retire In CA: Report

CALIFORNIA — Roseville is the best city to retire in California, according to a new report.

A report from Retirement Living looked at the best places to retire in the Golden State, and the city sitting just outside Sacramento topped the rankings.

About one in five residents in Roseville is 65 or older. The median home price is $635,000, according to the report, which is relatively reasonable for California. The city also has a poverty rate of 5.6% that's low compared to the state average of 11.3%.

"You're not breaking the bank on housing, the poverty rate is reassuringly low, and there's already a good community of retirees who've settled there," the study's authors wrote.

To identify the top cities for retirement in California, the study's authors reviewed places with populations over 100,000 and focused on factors that matter most to retirees: percentage of population 65 and older, median home sale price, median monthly rent, poverty rate, and sales tax. Each metric was weighted according to its influence on retirement decision-making.

These are the top 20 cities to retire in California, according to the report:

1. Roseville
2. Oceanside
3. Torrance
4. Vacaville
5. Richmond
6. Modesto
7. Santa Rosa
8. Thousand Oaks
9. Simi Valley
10. Vallejo
11. San Buenaventura (Ventura)
12. Huntington Beach
13. Inglewood
14. Garden Grove
15. Concord
16. Visalia
17. Elk Grove
18. Clovis
19. Glendale
20. Sacramento

View the full report here.