6. Williston, North Dakota
- Average 1-bedroom rent (2022): $740
- Cost of living index: 97.8
- Livability score: 72
This is THE place to be if you love fishing or canoeing!
Williston is one of the four cities to rate above 70, which means its livability score places it among the top one-third of the Midwest rankings. Rent is rather high in contrast to the others, though not so expensive, so you could easily live only off your Social Security checks. The compromise would be the cost of living. Williston has the highest index on this ranking, with 2.2 percentage points less spending than the rest of the country.
Well, as I see it, retirement and cold, lousy weather usually don’t go well together. However, if you don’t have a choice…then we might have made better retirement plans before we had no choice.
Where does Puerto Rico rank over all, for Americans, living on just Social Security income ?
To bad cold winters for retierment
You do not mention anything about utilities. North Dakota gets very cold in the winter. What are the cost of utilities in this town during winter. Can a person on SSI still be able to live afford to there?
OK, but who wants to live in Kansas or North Dakota?? Fishing and canoeing in Williston, ND? What, for maybe 4 months of the year?