09/19/2025

The Five Best States for Retirement

The leading one will surprise you

Are you looking ahead to retirement? If you're an entrepreneur, you may be focused on building your company right now. But experts say you should be making retirement plans at every age throughout your working life. And when the time comes to retire, there's a big question you’ll need to answer: Where will you want to live?

With that question in mind, the personal finance site Bankrate has done a detailed analysis of all 50 U.S. states, using criteria that Americans say are most important to them in retirement. The results are likely to surprise you. They just might change your views about where you’d like to retire.

Top of the list? New Hampshire. How the heck did Bankrate come up with that? It’s a surprising result, but the analysis is very well thought out. First, researchers reviewed a YouGov poll of 2,260 Americans that asked what three factors were most important to them in a retirement location.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Fast Company.