When deciding where to retire, there are a lot of factors to consider. With the help of the website Niche, who researched things such as a town’s number of retirees, weather, and access to healthcare and entertainment, we’ve put together a list of the best Mississippi retirement towns. (To see the complete list, click here. For more details on how the cities were scored, click here.) Read on to find out which Mississippi town you may be calling home at some point in the future.
- Cleveland
Cleveland Tourism/Facebook Residents 65 and Over: 12.2% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $713
- Greenwood
City of Greenwood – Office of the Mayor/Facebook Residents 65 and Over: 11% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $596
- Pascagoula
commons.wikimedia.org Residents 65 and Over: 12.9% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $764
- Vicksburg
commons.wikimedia.org Residents 65 and Over: 14% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $683
- West Point
Visit Mississippi/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 16% Retiree Newcomers: .1% Monthly Housing Cost: $604
- Hattiesburg
/\ // //Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 11% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $687
- Gulfport
DoD Inspector General/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 12.3% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $855
- McComb
Earl McGehee/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 15.4% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $581
- Batesville
“Batesville MS 013” by Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons Residents 65 and Over: 16.6% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $713
- Biloxi
Brent Moore/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 12.1% Retiree Newcomers: .6% Monthly Housing Cost: $825
- Aberdeen
Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 17.9% Retiree Newcomers: .2% Monthly Housing Cost: $596
- Picayune
City Hall of Picayune/Facebook Residents 65 and Over: 14% Retiree Newcomers: 1% Monthly Housing Cost: $760
- Amory
“FriscoParkAmoryMississippi” by No machine readable author provided. Fingers-of-Pyrex~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Commons Residents 65 and Over: 17% Retiree Newcomers: .2% Monthly Housing Cost: $576
- Louisville
Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 19% Retiree Newcomers: .8% Monthly Housing Cost: $502
- Columbia
Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 20.1% Retiree Newcomers: 1.7% Monthly Housing Cost: $567
Visited any of these cities? Live in one already? Surprised by any on the list? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
Cleveland Tourism/Facebook
Residents 65 and Over: 12.2% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $713
City of Greenwood – Office of the Mayor/Facebook
Residents 65 and Over: 11% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $596
commons.wikimedia.org
Residents 65 and Over: 12.9% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $764
Residents 65 and Over: 14% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $683
Visit Mississippi/Flickr
Residents 65 and Over: 16% Retiree Newcomers: .1% Monthly Housing Cost: $604
/\ // //Flickr
Residents 65 and Over: 11% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $687
DoD Inspector General/Flickr
Residents 65 and Over: 12.3% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $855
Earl McGehee/Flickr
Residents 65 and Over: 15.4% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $581
“Batesville MS 013” by Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com) - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Commons
Residents 65 and Over: 16.6% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $713
Brent Moore/Flickr
Residents 65 and Over: 12.1% Retiree Newcomers: .6% Monthly Housing Cost: $825
Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr
Residents 65 and Over: 17.9% Retiree Newcomers: .2% Monthly Housing Cost: $596
City Hall of Picayune/Facebook
Residents 65 and Over: 14% Retiree Newcomers: 1% Monthly Housing Cost: $760
“FriscoParkAmoryMississippi” by No machine readable author provided. Fingers-of-Pyrex~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims).. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 via Commons
Residents 65 and Over: 17% Retiree Newcomers: .2% Monthly Housing Cost: $576
Residents 65 and Over: 19% Retiree Newcomers: .8% Monthly Housing Cost: $502
Residents 65 and Over: 20.1% Retiree Newcomers: 1.7% Monthly Housing Cost: $567
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