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Sarasota Named Florida’s Best Place To Retire
A study that ranks Florida's best places for retirement put Sarasota on top. Find out how other towns in the region scored.
SARASOTA, FL — After Florida earned number one honors in a WalletHub study meant to determine the best states for retirement, the number crunchers at the website dedicated to all things personal finance wanted to drill down a bit more. When they did, Sarasota rose to the top in site’s analysis of the best places to retire in the Sunshine State. A few other communities in the region were also named among the best of the best.
“To determine the most ideal places for older Americans to live their golden years, WalletHub’s analysts compared more than 100 cities in the Sunshine State across 28 key indicators of retiree-friendliness,” WalletHub’s Diana Popa explained in an email. “The data set ranges from cost of living to health care facilities per capita to number of attractions.”
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Those 28 metrics were broken down into three categories: quality of life, health care and activities. Sarasota led the pack, which includes 111 communities across the state, with number one rankings in quality of life and health care. It earned eighth place in the activities category.
The study’s top five also included, in order:
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- Boca Raton
- Miami
- Orlando
- Tampa
Other Tampa Bay area communities included in the rankings (and their places) were:
- Bradenton, 10th
- St. Petersburg, 13th
- Clearwater, 18th
- Largo, 38th
- Dunedin, 53rd
- Temple Terrace, 59th
- Town ‘N Country, 77th
- Land O’ Lakes, 78th
- Plant City, 82nd
- Pinellas Park, 83rd
- Palm Harbor, 95th
- Riverview, 97th
- Brandon, 99th
- Valrico, 102nd
- Wesley Chapel, 104th
- Lakeland, 105th
Fleming Island came in 111th-place on the list.
Data for the analysis of the 111 communities came from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the EPA, among others. To read the full study and find out more about the methodology used, visit WalletHub online.
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