Is Kansas City A Good Place To Retire?

KANSAS CITY, MO — When it comes to your eventual retirement destination, you might be leaning towards a city based on its amount of sunlight and quality of golf courses. And while both of those things are certainly important, there are plenty of other factors to consider once you’re off that 9-to-5 schedule.

Bankrate.com ranked the top 50 U.S. cities for retirement based on things like cost of living, crime rate, and public transportation, along with and the overall well-being of seniors, as measured by the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. And as it turns out, the places that offer seniors the best standard of living aren’t all the cities you’d expect.

See how St. Louis fared overall below, then dive into the in-depth report here on Bankrate.com.

St. Louis ranked #40 based on the following criteria:

• Cost of Living: Very Low
• Crime Rate: Average
• Health Care Quality: Average
• Percentage Of People Over 65 Years Old: Average
• Public Transportation: Poor
• Taxes: Low
• Things To Do: Below Average
• Weather: Below Average
• Well Being: Average

Here's How Other Cities Ranked

1. Pittsburgh
2. Boston
3. Los Angeles
4. Denver
5. Providence, Rhode Island
6. Minneapolis
7. Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
8. Phoenix
9. Austin, Texas
10. Dallas
11. Raleigh, North Carolina
12. Portland, Oregon
13. Charlotte, North Carolina
14. Nashville, Tennessee
15. Philadelphia
16. Richmond, Virginia
17. Milwaukee
18. New York
19. Jacksonville, Florida
20. Virginia Beach, Virginia
21. New Orleans
22. Chicago
23. San Diego
24. Orlando, Florida
25. Salt Lake City
26. San Antonio
27. San Francisco
28. Sacramento, California
29. Detroit
30. Miami
31. San Jose, California
32. St. Louis
33. Birmingham, Alabama
34. Seattle
35. Cincinnati
36. Cleveland
37. Hartford, Connecticut
38. Houston
39. Columbus, Ohio
40. Kansas City, Missouri
41. Washington, D.C.
42. Las Vegas
43. Baltimore
44. Oklahoma City
45. Atlanta
46. Indianapolis
47. Buffalo, New York
48. Louisville, Kentucky
49. Memphis, Tennessee
50. Riverside, California

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