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.

  1. Cleveland

Cleveland Tourism/Facebook Residents 65 and Over: 12.2% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $713

  1. Greenwood

City of Greenwood – Office of the Mayor/Facebook Residents 65 and Over: 11% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $596

  1. Pascagoula

commons.wikimedia.org Residents 65 and Over: 12.9% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $764

  1. Vicksburg

commons.wikimedia.org Residents 65 and Over: 14% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $683

  1. West Point

Visit Mississippi/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 16% Retiree Newcomers: .1% Monthly Housing Cost: $604

  1. Hattiesburg

/\ // //Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 11% Retiree Newcomers: .4% Monthly Housing Cost: $687

  1. Gulfport

DoD Inspector General/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 12.3% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $855

  1. McComb

Earl McGehee/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 15.4% Retiree Newcomers: .3% Monthly Housing Cost: $581

  1. 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

  1. Biloxi

Brent Moore/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 12.1% Retiree Newcomers: .6% Monthly Housing Cost: $825

  1. Aberdeen

Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 17.9% Retiree Newcomers: .2% Monthly Housing Cost: $596

  1. Picayune

City Hall of Picayune/Facebook Residents 65 and Over: 14% Retiree Newcomers: 1% Monthly Housing Cost: $760

  1. 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

  1. Louisville

Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr Residents 65 and Over: 19% Retiree Newcomers: .8% Monthly Housing Cost: $502

  1. 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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