1. Evansville, Indiana
- Average 1-bedroom rent (2022): $798
- Cost-of-living index: 78.5 (compared with California, for instance, which has a cost-of-living index of 142.2)
- Livability score: 58
Evansville residents face the second-highest rent of any city highlighted here, as well as the second-lowest livability score. Evansville is one of only two cities that are stuck in the 50s. But here’s one thing that may attract those who rely only on Social Security checks. This city has a cost of living that’s 21.5 percentage points lower than the national average, which is good compared with the country overall, but only OK for the Midwest.
If Social Security checks are the only source of retirement income, then moving here will definitely reduce your expenses.
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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?