Beaufort Ranked #4 Best Places to Retire in the US!!!!!

Here is a great update about our beautiful Beaufort!  We ranked #4 in Best Places to Retire!See the full update on the link below from Eat, Sleep, Play Beaufort.  Here is a bit about what they have to say:

Popular real estate website FindTheHome.com has ranked Beaufort the #4 best place to retire in the United States.

The site created a Retirement Index for every county across the country based on five factors, rated from 1-100:  entertainment, care, convenience and transportation, community, and housing.

The list puts Martin County, FL at #1 (the Palm City area), followed by:

2. Barnstable County, MA
3. Orange County, NC (Chapel Hill area)
4. Beaufort County, SC
5. Grafton County, NH
6. Washtenaw County, MI (Ann Arbor)7. Newport County, RI
8. Jefferson County, WA
9. Hamilton County, IN
10. Albemarle County, VA (Charlottesville area)

Beaufort County’s Retirement Index score was a whopping 98.4, and was only .2 away from the #3 spot.
Separately, Beaufort scores were:
Entertainment – 80.0 (amount of universities, recreational facilities, libraries and parks per capita
Community – 84.2 (high percentage of population over age 65 with college degrees)
Care – 85.3 (quality of local hospitals, nursing homes and home health centers)
Housing – 81.8 (market health score, median sale price, HPI forecast, high percentage of properties with rent under $1,500/month)
Convenience – 85.6 (WalkIQ and grocery stores/restaurants per capita)

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