The finance website WalletHub releases an annual list of the best states to retire. This year Utah ranked fourth on the list.
Utah scored well all around in the affordability, quality of life and health care categories. Florida, Colorado and New Hampshire ranked ahead of Utah.
Despite doing well overall, Utah came in last for museums per capita and had the lowest percentage of the population over the age of 65.
The worst states to retire to were Kentucky and New Mexico, which both ranked poorly in quality of life, as well as health care options.
Another financial planning website, Blacktower, released its list of best places to retire yesterday, which focused more heavily on affordability, evaluated cost of living, housing prices, life expectancy, crime and the percentage of the population above 65.
Utah ranked 25th on the list since it had the smallest percentage of citizens over 65. The best state was Iowa, thanks to its low cost of living and inexpensive property prices.
The worst state? Alaska, mostly due to its high crime and low life expectancy.
For many retirees, the answer to what makes somewhere good for retirement isn’t universal, CNBC reports.
According to CNBC, those looking to retire may want to evaluate certain areas based on what’s important to them, such as taxes or weather.
Correction: This article previously said WalletHub’s report didn’t include taxes and weather as factors for their methodology. WalletHub included those factors into categories such as affordability and quality of life.