Sam's Blog

Here is some helpful information for your developers and for you in communicating with relocating retirees!  Survey results of 1800 responders from Washington, DC, NY, Chicago, Philadelphia, Fairfield CO CT, Morris CO NJ, Detroit and Boston of people and their thoughts about retiring from a survey I recently saw. 

Here's who made up the group and the states they ranked the highest.

 

 Ages of Responders    <45 years old                       6%
                                   45-55 yrs old                      24%
                                   56-65  yrs old                     47%
                                   >65  yrs old                        23%
 
Their Marital Status        Married                              73%
                                    Single                                14%
                                    Divorced                              9%
                                    Widowed                             4%
 

Here's what they said about their retirement plans.
 
State Pref (Top 6):         1. NC                                 78%
                                    2. SC                                 63%
                                    3. FL                                  31%
                                    4. GA                                 30%
                                    5. TN                                 28%
                                    6. VA                                 27%