14 Great Places to Retire in the Mid-Atlantic States
Category: Best Retirement Towns and States
August 4, 2020 — Not everybody’s retirement dream is to pack up and move to the Carolinas, Florida, or Arizona. In fact most retirees never move far from they lived when they stopped working. The Mid-Atlantic states have a big advantage for people who live in that region or the Northeast, and who are not looking for a big change. For those who prefer to be within easy driving distance of friends and family, proximity to where they live now is a big plus (even bigger in this time of Covid!). In this article we have come up with a list of the 14 most popular retirement towns in the Mid-Atlantic states, based on site visits at Topretirements.
The Mid-Atlantic states are generally considered to be Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Virginia, which borders most of those states, is close enough that we are considering it here.
With 5 winners, Virginia had the most towns on this list, followed by Delaware and Pennsylvania with 3. All of them are great places to retire, no duds here. Most are near the coast, while others are in the mountains. Here is the list, along with a few of the active adult communities in the region that also got a lot of site visits here. The towns are presented in order of popularity.
Comments on "14 Great Places to Retire in the Mid-Atlantic States"
Admin says:
Maryland has some nice spots for retirement. Annapolis is a little pricey but beautiful and so much water to live or play on. Leonardtown is nice, so are Chestertown and Frederick.
Staci says:
We too love Chestertown, and the eastern shore. We just wish that MD was more tax friendly to retirees. Real estate taxes, though, are lower than where we are now in PA, so that’s something to consider.
SC Bound says:
Maryland, my home for over 30 years and where my husband has always lived, is unsustainable in retirement. We currently live on the water in Baltimore County and are very fortunate to have bought in the lowest cost water front area over 20 years ago. We have great boating options right in our back yard. That does not make up for high income and real estate taxes, car insurance coverages, estate AND inheritance taxes. The only thing that Maryland does not tax is SSI and food is still exempt from sales tax. We are very fortunate to have good pensions and investments for our retirement income, but I would think it would be hard to move here for retirement unless you were from NY, NJ, MA or other Northeast states and had a lot of retirement income.
We just purchased a home in SC, just South of Charlotte, NC, sight unseen. Looking forward to getting there but Covid-19 keeps us hunkered down here, for now.
Jennifer says:
I have friends who have a second home in Easton, Maryland south of the bay bridge and Chestertown, they have a lovely home and waterfront acreage and bought there over 30 years ago. Now it has become the new "Hamptons" and is very expensive. People are coming down from New York and Boston near them because to them it is cheaper. My friends will most likely sell their second home since it does not have an elevator to the second floor and their children do not have much interest in the property. It appears they will do well when they do decide to sell. Easton has become a very wealthy town and the retirees are very well off.