Minnesota Named One Of The Best States To Retire

A win for Minnesota! This is just the news we need to get us through this polar vortex / cold snap we've been going through over the past week or so. This news will warm you right up.

Minnesota just scored a great new title in a new study, which dropped on Monday (January 26th). The study was done by WalletHub and retirees or lifelong Minnesotans will love this news a lot.

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Minnesota recently did well in a different WalletHub study! They ranked the best and worst states to drive in this year and Minnesota placed in the top ten. Some might disagree with that but you can't deny the facts of this one. Ha!

Now, we have a new study where we did even better. If you're stressed about finances, this might ease that a bit.

WalletHub Names The Best & Worst States To Retire

You may be a little far off from retirement or maybe you are retired as you're reading this. Either way, you'll love this news. WalletHub named the best and worst states to retire this week. They did so by looking at a ton of different factors.

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Some of these factors include cost of living, the annual cost of in-home services, museums and theaters per capita, and more. Other factors include life expectancy, property crime rate and how much of the population is those 65 and older.

Minnesota Named One Of The Best States To Retire In This Year

Things could change, but for 2026, Minnesota has been named one of the best states to retire this year. Minnesota came in at number five, taking first place in the health care rankings. That's awesome!

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We also have the most theaters per capita, which is fun. We also have one of the highest life expectancies. The health care ranking, by the way, also looked into things like how many dentists and nurses there are per capita, home health aides per capita, and more.

Things always change year to year but this is pretty promising, even if you're far from retiring!