Scottsdale, Arizona Ranked Best and Finest Place to Retire in United States 2025

Scottsdale, Arizona

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If you are at the edge of retirement age and looking to spend post retirement life in a country’s best and finest places, then this article will help to find one of the best cities to retire. Yes, Scottsdale, Arizona is a place labelled as the 2025’s best city to retire declared by the Niche.com (ranked No.1 its annual best places to retire list). Interestingly, last year 2024, WalletHub also ranked Scottsdale is one of the top retirement city in U.S.

Niche.com recently released 11 annual “Best Places to live in the United States” and it considered 230 cities across the nation, and 18,000 communities. They came across deep study about places cost of living, housing expenses, affordability of healthcare and education and even more factories. They found Scottsdale is best place to retire in United States in 2025. 

 

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Scottsdale is a popular city in Arizona, United States where around 2, 42,169 people are living. Before going to discuss why Scottsdale is 2015’s best place to retire we need to cover up the city’s some key factors majorly influenced.

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What are City’s Major Factors Influenced as Best Retirement Place

 

1. Housing and Cost of Living

 

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Scottsdale is a city where the median rent price is just above $1,910 per month. Interestingly, median home buying price fell below $7, 10,000, therefore Niche.com gave C+ rating for housing. Out of the total population, 32% rented accommodation and the rest 68% owned accommodations.

 

2. Climate

Compared to other metropolitan retirement destinations, Scottsdale contains a good air quality system and friendly climate throughout the year. City offers warm desert climate with mild winter, appealing to retirees who keen sunny weather year round.

 

3. Health Care

City boasts leading health care institutions like HonorHealth and Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Where major disease and women’s service are focusing. Despite that, Blue Zones Project, a holistic approach to lead a long and healthy life under community’s social connections, environment and living policies.

 

4. Recreational Activities

Scottsdale offers abundant golf courses, art and cultural heritages, cultural events and outdoor activities.  Home to the best and luxury amenities includes hotels, restaurants, coffee shops, bars, and parks. Nightlife’s in Old Town is really scenic and one of the must enjoy things here. Since the city is very close to Camelback Mountain, it is a renowned region’s for best hiking destination.

 

5. Safety and Security

Crime rate significantly lower than both national and state average. According to recent statistics, the crime rate in Scottsdale witnessed just 1.44 incidents per 1,000 residents. Theft, robbery, homicide and assault are relatively very low and rare here compared to other major American cities.

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