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Forbes Best Places to Retire in each State

These home prices are from 2018

	State	Rank	City	Population	Median Home Price
	Alabama	Best	Auburn	63,000	$245,000
	Alabama	Runner Up	Gulf Shores	11,000	$251,000
	Alaska	Best	Homer	6,000	$280,000
	Alaska	Runner Up	Anchorage	300,000	$337,000
	Arizona	Best	Green Valley	32,000	$175,000
	Arizona	Runner Up	Sun City	40,000	$167,000
	Arkansas	Best	Bella Vista	28,000	$163,000
	Arkansas	Runner Up	Fayetteville	85,000	$207,000
	California	Best	Sacramento	500,000	$317,000
	California	Runner Up	Eureka	27,000	$256,000
	Colorado	Best	Colorado Springs	465,000	$276,000
	Colorado	Runner Up	Fort Collins	165,000	$379,000
	Connecticut	Best	Mansfield	26,000	$236,000
	Connecticut	Runner Up	Middletown	47,000	$179,000
	Delaware	Best	Newark	33,000	$228,000
	Delaware	Runner Up	Smyrna	11,000	$223,000
	Florida	Best	Jacksonville	880,000	$165,000
	Florida	Runner Up	The Villages	115,000	$260,000
	Georgia	Best	Athens	125,000	$171,000
	Georgia	Runner Up	Savannah	147,000	$128,000
	Hawaii	Best	Kaneohe	35,000	$828,000
	Hawaii	Runner Up	Honolulu	355,000	$630,000
	Idaho	Best	Lewiston	33,000	$211,000
	Idaho	Runner Up	Boise	223,000	$263,000
	Illinois	Best	Alton	27,000	$60,000
	Illinois	Runner Up	Naperville	147,000	$392,000
	Indiana	Best	Bloomington	85,000	$176,000
	Indiana	Runner Up	Columbus	47,000	$147,000
	Iowa	Best	Iowa City	75,000	$220,000
	Iowa	Runner Up	Ames	66,000	$183,000
	Kansas	Best	Lawrence	95,000	$193,000
	Kansas	Runner Up	Overland Park	190,000	$302,000
	Kentucky	Best	Lexington	318,000	$177,000
	Kentucky	Runner Up	Bowling Green	65,000	$177,000
	Louisiana	Best	Kenner	67,000	$160,000
	Louisiana	Runner Up	Lafayette	128,000	$163,000
	Maine	Best	Portland	67,000	$301,000
	Maine	Runner Up	Lewiston	36,000	$141,000
	Maryland	Best	Ocean Pines	12,000	$246,000
	Maryland	Runner Up	Annapolis	40,000	$419,000
	Massachusetts	Best	Northampton	28,000	$285,000
	Massachusetts	Runner Up	Pittsfield	43,000	$160,000
	Michigan	Best	Grand Rapids	196,000	$152,000
	Michigan	Runner Up	Traverse City	15,000	$248,000
	Minnesota	Best	Minneapolis-St. Paul	716,000	$236,000
	Minnesota	Runner Up	Rochester	114,000	$216,000
	Mississippi	Best	Oxford	23,000	$187,000
	Mississippi	Runner Up	Brandon	24,000	$184,000
	Missouri	Best	Columbia	120,000	$179,000
	Missouri	Runner Up	Jefferson City	43,000	$153,000
	Montana	Best	Billings	110,000	$223,000
	Montana	Runner Up	Great Falls	59,000	$189,000
	Nebraska	Best	Lincoln	280,000	$176,000
	Nebraska	Runner Up	Omaha	445,000	$167,000
	Nevada	Best	Reno	240,000	$355,000
	Nevada	Runner Up	Henderson	293,000	$314,000
	New Hampshire	Best	Portsmouth	21,000	$438,000
	New Hampshire	Runner Up	Durham	30,000	$288,000
	New Jersey	Best	Manchester Township	44,000	$180,000
	New Jersey	Runner Up	Voorhees	30,000	$288,000
	New Mexico	Best	Las Cruces	102,000	$164,000
	New Mexico	Runner Up	Santa Fe	84,000	$349,000
	New York	Best	Ithaca	31,000	$242,000
	New York	Runner Up	Rochester	210,000	$73,000
	North Carolina	Best	Asheville	90,000	$275,000
	North Carolina	Runner Up	Boone	19,000	$223,000
	North Dakota	Best	Fargo	212,000	$225,000
	North Dakota	Runner Up	Bismarck	72,000	$271,000
	Ohio	Best	Sandusky	25,000	$69,000
	Ohio	Runner Up	Parma	80,000	$118,000
	Oklahoma	Best	Edmond	91,000	$222,000
	Oklahoma	Runner Up	Owasso	36,000	$180,000
	Oregon	Best	McMinnville	35,000	$308,000
	Oregon	Runner Up	Redmond	30,000	$286,000
	Pennsylvania	Best	Pittsburgh	304,000	$145,000
	Pennsylvania	Runner Up	Bethlehem	75,000	$164,000
	Rhode Island	Best	Westerly	23,000	$329,000
	Rhode Island	Runner Up	Providence	180,000	$204,000
	South Carolina	Best	Charleston	138,000	$311,000
	South Carolina	Runner Up	Bluffton	19,000	$264,000
	South Dakota	Best	Sioux Falls	174,000	$184,000
	South Dakota	Runner Up	Pierre	13,000	$210,000
	Tennessee	Best	Smyrna	49,000	$219,000
	Tennessee	Runner Up	Maryville	29,000	$177,000
	Texas	Best	San Marcos	61,000	$208,000
	Texas	Runner Up	San Antonio	1,490,000	$168,000
	Utah	Best	Salt Lake City	194,000	$366,000
	Utah	Runner Up	Ogden	87,000	$194,000
	Vermont	Best	Burlington	42,000	$300,000
	Vermont	Runner Up	Brattleboro	12,000	$202,000
	Virginia	Best	Roanoke	100,000	$148,000
	Virginia	Runner Up	Harrisonburg	53,000	$199,000
	Washington	Best	Wenatchee	33,000	$278,000
	Washington	Runner Up	Vancouver	175,000	$309,000
	West Virginia	Best	Huntington	48,000	$80,000
	West Virginia	Runner Up	Morgantown	31,000	$184,000
	Wisconsin	Best	Madison	253,000	$252,000
	Wisconsin	Runner Up	Eau Claire	68,000	$162,000
	Wyoming	Best	Casper	60,000	$201,000
	Wyoming	Runner Up	Laramie	32,000	$228,000

College Towns

Source - Great College Towns for Retirement

Some of these are interesting that I haven't thought of but most of the others I have looked at. A little interesting.

WalletHub Best Small Cities in America

Source: WalletHub

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