Retirement Life Planning

Auburn has a population of about 23,000 people and is located in SW Maine.  It is about 30 miles north of Portland and about 135 miles NE of Boston,
Massachusetts.  Auburn averages 44″ of rain per year with March (4.5″), November (4.3″), December (4.1″), April (4.1″) and October (4.1″) being the only months that average over 4″ of rain.  Auburn also averages 76″ of snow.

The average high temperatures by month are:

Jan     29
Feb    33
Mar    42
Apr    54
May   67
Jun     76
Jul      82
Aug    80
Sep    70
Oct    58
Nov   46
Dec    34

Here is some more information about Auburn:

54% Democrat
43% Republican

37% Catholic
 8% Protestant

96% White
  1% Black

The overall cost of living is 92 on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Auburn averages 199 sunny days per year.

I hope this information helps you in your Retirement Life Planning.

Alexandria is located in Central Louisiana about 107 miles WNW of Baton Rouge.  Alexandria’s population is about 46,000.  Alexandria averages about 61″ of rain per year with the wettest months being December (6.4″), January (6.2″), March (5.8″) and November (5.8″).  They also average about 1″ of snow per year.

The average high temperatures by month are as follows:

Jan    58
Feb   63
Mar   70
Apr    77
May   84
Jun     90
Jul      93
Aug    93
Sep    88
Oct    80
Nov   70
Dec    61

Here is some more information about Alexandria:

17% Catholic
43% Protestant

34% Democrat
63% Republican

55% Black
42% White

The overall cost of living is 78 based on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Alexandria averages 215 sunny days per year.

I hope this information will help you in your Retirement Life Planning.

Bardstown is located in North Central Kentucky about 35 miles SE of Louisville.  It’s population is about 11,000.

Bardstown averages bout 50″ of rain per year with the wettest months being May (5.3″), July (4.8″) and March (4.8″).  The average high temperatures by month are as follows:

Jan    41
Feb   47
Mar   57
Apr   67
May  76
Jun    83
Jul     87
Aug   85
Sep   79
Oct    68
Nov   56
Dec   46

Here is some more information about Bardstown:

38% Democrat
60% Republican

33% Catholic
23% Protestant

82% White
15% Black

The overall cost of living is rated at 78 on a sclae that uses 100 as average.

Bardstown averages 193 sunny days a year.

I hope this information will help you in your Retirement Life Planning.

I don’t know about you, but when I think about Dodge City, Kansas I think about all of the old TV western’s especially Gunsmoke.

Dodge City is located in SW Kansas.  It is 184 miles west of Witchita and 409 miles NNW of Dallas, Texas.  Dodge City has a poulation of about 25,000 people.

Dodge City averages 21″ of rain per year with July (3.2″), June (3.1″) and May (3″) being the only months that average over 3″.  They also get about 18″ of snow per year.

Here are the average high temperatures by month:

Jan    41
Feb   48
Mar   57
Apr    67
May   76
Jun     87
Jul      93
Aug    91
Sep    82
Oct    70
Nov   55
Dec    44

Here’s some more information about Dodge City:

23% Democrat
74% Republican

21% Catholic
13% Protestant

51% White
43% Hispanic

The overall average cost of living is 72 based on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Dodge City also averages 237 sunny days per year.

If you are looking for a lot of sunny days, chilly winters, warm summers and a low cost of living then Dodge City, Kansas should be considered in your Retirement Life Planning.

Ames is 172 miles NE of Omaha, Nebraska and 409 miles West of Chicago, Illinois.

The population of Ames is about 51,000 people.

Ames averages about 31″ of rain per year with the wettest months being June (4.8″), August (4.5″), July (4.4″) and May (4.2″).  They also average about 28″ of snow per year.

Here are the average high temperatures by month:

Jan   27
Feb  34
Mar  47
Apr   62
May  73
Jun    82
Jul     84
Aug   82
Sep   76
Oct    64
Nov   45
Dec    31

Here is some more information about Ames, Iowa:

52% Democrat
46% Republican

12% Catholic
30% Protestant

86% White
 3% Chinese
 3% Black

The overall cost of living rates at 85 on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Ames also averages 202 sunny days per year.

I hope this information helps you as you work on your Retirement Life Planning.

Anderson is located in Central Indiana about 39 miles ENE of Indianapolis.  The population of Anderson is about 57,000 people.  Since Anderson is so close to Indianapolis, it is fairly easy to get to see the Indianapolis entertainment such as pro sports, college sports and museums as well as the various other types of entertainment that Indianapolis provides.  The city of Anderson also provides a quality college in Anderson University as well as entertainment of their own.

Anderson averages about 39″ of rain per year with July (4.04″) and June (4.01″) being the only months that average over 4″ of rain.  Anderson also averages about 14″ of snow per year.

Here are the average high temepratures by month:

Jan     33
Feb    38
Mar    49
Apr     61
May    72
Jun      80
Jul       84
Aug     82
Sep     75
Oct     64
Nov    50
Dec     38

Here is some more information about Anderson:

39% Democrat
59% Republican

14% Protestant
 6% Catholic

80% White
15% Black

The overall cost of living rates at 69 on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Anderson also averages 187 sunny days per year.

If you are looking for a city near Indianapolis with a low cost of living, you might want to consider adding Anderson, Indiana to your Retirement Life Planning.

For today’s Retirement Life Planning we are going to look at Antioch, Illinois.

Antioch is located in North East Illinois about 54 miles North West of Chicago.  Antioch has a poulation of about 13,000 people.

Antioch averages about 34″ of rain per year with the wettest months being August (4.5″), June (4.2″) and July (4.0″).  Since Antioch is close to Lake Michigan, they get a lot of lake effect snow and average around 40″ of snow per year.

Here are the average high temperatures by month:

Jan    28
Feb   33
Mar   43
Apr    56
May   69
Jun     78
Jul      82
Aug    80
Sep    73
Oct    61
Nov   46
Dec    33

Here is some more information about Antioch:

48% Democrat
50% Republican

39% Catholic
10% Prostestant

92% White
 4% Hispanic

The overall cost of living rates at 104 on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Antioch averages 186 sunny days per year.

If you are thinking about reireing to the Chicago area but don’t want to be too close to Chicago, then Antioch may be a place to consider in your Retirement Life Planning.

Blackfoot has a population of about 10,000 people and is located in the NorthEast part of Idaho.  It is 522 miles NorthEast of Las Vegas.

Blackfoot only averages about 10″ of rain per year, however, they do average about 23″ of snow.

Here are the average high temperatures by month:

Jan    31
Feb   37
Mar   49
Apr    59
May   68
Jun     77
Jul      85
Aug    85
Sep     75
Oct     62
Nov    44
Dec     32

Here’s some more information about Blackfoot:

21% Democrat
76% Republican

 8% Catholic
 4% Protestant
57% LDS

82% White
13% Hispanic

The overall cost of living is rated at 83 on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Blackfoot also averages 206 sunny days per year.

I hope this information helps you as you work on your Retirement Life Planning.

Captain Cook has a population of about 3,700 people and is located on the largest of the Hawaiian Islands about 182 miles southwest of Honolulu.

Captain Cook gets about 55″ of rain per year with the September (5.8″) and July (5.0″) are the only two months that average over 5″ of rain per month.

The average high temperatures by month are as follows:

Jan     76
Feb    76
Mar    76
Apr    76
May   76
Jun     77
Jul      78
Aug    79
Sep    80
Oct     80
Nov    79
Dec     77

Here’s some more information about Captain Cook:

60% Democrat
38% Republican

22% Catholic
 8% Protestant
 5% LDS

32% White
20% Japanese
 8% Hispanic
 8% Filipino
 8% Native Hawaiian

The average overall cost of living is 148 based on a scale that uses 100 as average.

Captain Cook averages 172 sunny days per year.

If you are looking at a location with very consistent temepratures, tehn Captain Cook, Hawaii should be conisdered in your Retirement Life Planning.