Are you looking to make a career move in the new year? Perhaps you’ve been working all your life and have finally decided to make the leap to life after work. If you’re looking for the perfect place to enjoy the next phase of your life, Niche has compiled and published a list of the best towns in Nebraska for retirees in 2015. Their criteria for judging each city include factors like the cost of living, how many retirees already live there, the weather, and access to entertainment and health care. Take a look at a complete explanation of their methodology here.
- Gering
flickr/J.C. Burns 16.7% of Gering’s residents are age 65 or over, and the city offers low crime and decent access to restaurants and libraries.
- Seward
flickr/lsommerer Seward’s current population consists of 15.1% seniors age 65 and over. The city boasts good ratings in crime, weather, access to golf and other recreational activities, and access to grocery stores.
- Scottsbluff
Wikimedia/Ammodramus In Scottsbluff, the population of people age 65 and over is currently 17%. Although access to golf here is rated a D-, access to doctors is rated an A-. A median effective property tax rate of 1.60% is lower than the state’s average.
- Kearney
flickr/Eric Fredericks In this college town, 11.7% of residents are age 65 and older. Kearney can offer you excellent access to doctors and good access to recreation and restaurants.
- Beatrice
flickr/John Carrel Beatrice’s population of senior citizens is 19% currently; the city provides good access to golf, restaurants, and recreation facilities while sporting decent ratings in weather and crime.
- York
Wikimedia/Ammodramus York’s population currently includes 17.2% senior citizens. Residents enjoy low crime and an average monthly housing cost of just $652.
- Blair
flickr/Jasperdo This small town near Omaha already boasts a senior citizen population of 14.9%. The city receives high marks in crime, weather, access to doctors, and access to golf, restaurants, and all of the other amenities that make life sweeter.
- Norfolk
flickr/Ali Eminov Norfolk’s offers excellent access to doctors and good access to grocery stores, golf, recreation, and restaurants. Of the current population, 14.6% is aged 65 or over.
- Holdrege
Wikimedia/Calvin Beale You won’t be lonely in Holdrege, where the population of people 65 and over is 22.3%. Housing costs average just $631/month.
- Nebraska City
flickr/Cris A beautiful little town to live in, Nebraska City boasts a population of 19.9% senior citizens. An average housing cost of $674 makes it affordable, and easy access to golf, libraries, restaurants, and grocery tops earn this small town top honors.
Were you surprised by any of these top 10 places to live for retirees? Are you a retired person living in any of these towns? Tell us about it in the comments!
flickr/J.C. Burns
16.7% of Gering’s residents are age 65 or over, and the city offers low crime and decent access to restaurants and libraries.
flickr/lsommerer
Seward’s current population consists of 15.1% seniors age 65 and over. The city boasts good ratings in crime, weather, access to golf and other recreational activities, and access to grocery stores.
Wikimedia/Ammodramus
In Scottsbluff, the population of people age 65 and over is currently 17%. Although access to golf here is rated a D-, access to doctors is rated an A-. A median effective property tax rate of 1.60% is lower than the state’s average.
flickr/Eric Fredericks
In this college town, 11.7% of residents are age 65 and older. Kearney can offer you excellent access to doctors and good access to recreation and restaurants.
flickr/John Carrel
Beatrice’s population of senior citizens is 19% currently; the city provides good access to golf, restaurants, and recreation facilities while sporting decent ratings in weather and crime.
York’s population currently includes 17.2% senior citizens. Residents enjoy low crime and an average monthly housing cost of just $652.
flickr/Jasperdo
This small town near Omaha already boasts a senior citizen population of 14.9%. The city receives high marks in crime, weather, access to doctors, and access to golf, restaurants, and all of the other amenities that make life sweeter.
flickr/Ali Eminov
Norfolk’s offers excellent access to doctors and good access to grocery stores, golf, recreation, and restaurants. Of the current population, 14.6% is aged 65 or over.
Wikimedia/Calvin Beale
You won’t be lonely in Holdrege, where the population of people 65 and over is 22.3%. Housing costs average just $631/month.
flickr/Cris
A beautiful little town to live in, Nebraska City boasts a population of 19.9% senior citizens. An average housing cost of $674 makes it affordable, and easy access to golf, libraries, restaurants, and grocery tops earn this small town top honors.
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