Sioux Falls among Top Places to Retire in America

When you're looking at where to spend your 'golden years' look no further than Sioux Falls.

South Dakota's largest city is in the top 40 on a list of the best places to retire in America.

To compile the list, WalletHub looked at data from the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s 2022 Retirement Confidence Survey and Gallup polls to rank 200 cities in affordability, activities, quality of life, and health care.

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Sioux Falls landed at 39th on the list thanks to a number three-ranking nationally in health care. The city's showing in the other three categories wasn't as stellar - 67th in quality of life, 101st in affordability, and 132nd in activities.

One interesting sidenote for Sioux Falls. The city has the third highest percentage of employees age 65 and older, behind a pair of Texas towns - Plano and Irving.

Minnesota was well represented with Minneapolis checking in at number 12 overall. Minneapolis has top 20 rankings in activities (4th) and health care (20th).

Iowa just squeaked into the top 100 with Cedar Rapids at 95th overall.

BEST PLACES TO RETIRE IN AMERICA (WalletHub)

Charleston, South Carolina
Orlando, Florida
Cincinnati, Ohio
Miami, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
San Francisco, California
Scottsdale, Arizona
Wilmington, Delaware
Tampa, Florida
Salt Lake City, Utah

WORST PLACES TO RETIRE IN AMERICA (WalletHub)

Bridgeport, Connecticut
Newark, New Jersey
San Bernadino, California
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Stockton, California
Detroit, Michigan
Vancouver, Washington
Baltimore, Maryland
Wichita, Kansas
Lubbock, Texas

READ ON: See the States Where People Live the Longest

Stacker used data from the 2020 County Health Rankings to rank every state's average life expectancy from lowest to highest. The 2020 County Health Rankings values were calculated using mortality counts from the 2016-2018 National Center for Health Statistics. The U.S. Census 2019 American Community Survey and America's Health Rankings Senior Report 2019 data were also used to provide demographics on the senior population of each state and the state's rank on senior health care, respectively.

Read on to learn the average life expectancy in each state.

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