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39 Great Florida Retirement Towns: 3, #1
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UPDATED September, 2021! Thinking of retiring in Florida? The state is as popular as ever with retirees, thanks to its favorable tax structure, warm weather and beautiful beaches. Not all Florida towns, however, are created equal.
Here we have 39 Florida towns that are worth consideration when it comes to retirement. Some are well known. Others are off the radar. The towns with the lower costs are not fancy places, but they are safe and comfortable. The upscale towns have amenities and a quality of life that are worth the higher prices.
In each town, we look at population, median home price, percentage of people age 45 or better, medical facilities, transportation, climate, political leanings and more. And because no place is perfect, we also note each town's drawbacks.
Reviews are short and to the point for quick reading.
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Kris Kelley
Kris Kelley lives in beautiful Colorado has been finding and reviewing great places to retire since 2006. She is an avid traveler, always looking for that hidden gem of a town, whether it be along an ocean, in a desert or on a mountaintop.
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39 Great Florida Retirement Towns - Kris Kelley
39 Great Florida Retirement Towns
From the Very Affordable to the Upscale
Written and Edited by Kris Kelley
Copyright © 2015-2021 by Webwerxx, Inc.
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Great effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information in this book, but some information may have changed since publication. This especially applies to home prices and cost of living number in small towns as these are particularly sensitive to market changes. As a result, Webwerxx, Inc. cannot guarantee the accuracy of the content contained within this publication.
Cost of living numbers are primarily based on home prices but also include transportation costs, food costs, medical costs, utility costs and miscellaneous costs. For simplicity’s sake, home prices and population numbers are rounded off.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Towns with a Cost of Living Higher than the National Average
Apollo Beach
Belle Isle
Boca Raton
Coral Springs
Doctor Phillips
Estero
Geneva
Hernando Beach
Highland Beach
Hobe Sound
Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Marco Island
Melbourne Beach
Miramar Beach
Naples
Nokomis
Windermere
Towns with a Cost of Living Less than or Equal to the National Average
Bayonet Point
Beverly Beach
Briny Breezes
Carrabelle
Citrus Springs
Coconut Creek
DeBary
Deerfield Beach
Floral City
Jensen Beach
Laguna Beach
Mary Esther
North Port
Ormond Beach
Palm Bay
Palm Coast
Port Salerno
San Antonio
Sebastian
Stuart
Tavares
Yulee
Introduction
Florida is as popular as ever with retirees, thanks to its favorable tax structure, warm weather and beautiful beaches. Not all Florida towns, however, are created equal.
Here we have 39 Florida towns that are worth consideration when it comes to retirement. Some are well known. Others are off the radar. Twenty-two of them have a cost of living that meets the national average or is less than the national average. Seventeen of them have a cost of living that is higher than the national average.
Costs are primarily determined by housing prices. It is worth noting that real estate prices have greatly increased in the last year or two. Towns that have generally been considered inexpensive are still inexpensive compared to national averages, but they are pricier than they were a short time ago.
The towns with the lower costs are not fancy places, but they are safe and comfortable. The upscale towns have amenities and a quality of life that are worth the higher costs.
In each town, we look at population, median home price, percentage of people age 45 or better, medical facilities, transportation, climate, political leanings and more. And because no place is perfect, we also note each town’s drawbacks.
It is also worth mentioning that Florida has less expensive towns than those in this book, but very inexpensive places tend to have high crime rates, poor infrastructure and/or population loss. We do not recommend these kinds of towns for retirement.
Towns with a Cost of Living Higher than the National Average
Apollo Beach
This unincorporated , canal laced community is located on Florida's southwestern coast, about 20 miles south of Tampa. It is across the bay from St. Petersburg, south of Hillsborough Bay and has nearly doubled in size within the last 10 years.
Apollo Beach is primarily residential and has numerous named and gated subdivisions. Older neighborhoods mingle with new ones, and
many homes, even ones reasonably priced, back to a canal and have a dock. Del Webb has a 55+ community here, too.
Parks in town include Covington Oak Park, Apollo Beach Park and the Wolf Branch Nature Preserve, which has acres of shoreline, coastal wetlands and picnic areas. The Sydney Dover Trails has a boat ramp and paths for hiking or horseback riding.
The town also rests in the shadow of the Big Bend Power Station, but residents have benefited from its proximity. TECO, the owners of the station, built a community events center that hosts the town's annual Manatee Festival of the Arts. The company also maintains a manatee viewing center.
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