Active Aging

The below ranking shows the top 175 locations across America for an active lifestyle in retirement, as voted for by 3,000 respondents.

Ranking City State
11 Augusta Georgia
12 Virginia Beach Virginia
13 Cary North Carolina
14 Santa Cruz California
15 Venice Florida
16 Chattanooga Tennessee
17 Elizabethtown Kentucky
18 Ventura California
19 Colorado Springs Colorado
20 Huntsville Alabama
21 Ellsworth Maine
22 Prescott Arizona
23 Anchorage Alaska
24 Dunedin Florida
25 Little Rock Arkansas
26 St. Petersburg Florida
27 Plano Texas
28 Galveston Texas
29 Tucson Arizona
30 Glenwood Springs Colorado
31 Greenville South Carolina
32 Laguna Beach California
33 Bar Harbor Maine
34 The Villages Florida
35 Erie Pennsylvania
36 Flagstaff Arizona
37 Madison New Jersey
38 Palm Springs California
39 Sedona Arizona
40 Blue Ridge Georgia
41 Boulder Colorado
42 Kalamazoo Michigan
43 San Diego California
44 Cape May New Jersey
45 Great Falls Montana
46 Juneau Alaska
47 Essex Connecticut
48 Maryville Tennessee
49 Eden Prairie Minnesota
50 Fort Collins Colorado
51 New Braunfels Texas
52 Port Townsend Washington
53 Canton Ohio
54 Georgetown Texas
55 Grand Junction Colorado
56 Auburn Alabama
57 Canandaigua New York
58 Eau Claire Wisconsin
59 Kalispell Montana
60 Sandy Utah
61 Plymouth Massachusetts
62 Valparaiso Indiana
63 Denver Colorado
64 Jamestown North Dakota
65 Lewiston Idaho
66 San Luis Obispo California
67 Winter Park Florida
68 Cedar City Utah
69 Emporia Kansas
70 Ocala Florida
71 Portsmouth New Hampshire
72 Red Bank New Jersey
73 Ashland Oregon
74 Carmel Indiana
75 Houma Louisiana
76 Narragansett Rhode Island
77 Bellingham Washington
78 Edmond Oklahoma
79 Fairbanks Alaska
80 Hilton Head Island South Carolina
81 Kingston New York
82 Twin Falls Idaho
83 Bath Maine
84 Branson Missouri
85 Fernley Nevada
86 Kennebunkport Maine
87 Lee's Summit Missouri
88 Saugatuck Michigan
89 Silver City New Mexico
90 Bend Oregon
91 Coeur d'Alene Idaho
92 Easton Maryland
93 Enid Oklahoma
94 Lake Havasu City Arizona
95 Lewes Delaware
96 Mansfield Ohio
97 Mystic Connecticut
98 New Hope Pennsylvania
99 Newport Oregon
100 San Francisco California
101 St. Simons Island Georgia
102 Bethlehem Pennsylvania
103 Eureka Springs Arkansas
104 Florence Alabama
105 Hot Springs Arkansas
106 Lebanon New Hampshire
107 Phoenix Arizona
108 Scottsbluff Nebraska
109 Sitka Alaska
110 Johnson Tennessee
111 Boulder City Nevada
112 Dauphin Island Alabama
113 Evanston Illinois
114 Georgetown Kentucky
115 Gulf Shores Alabama
116 Marquette Michigan
117 Newton Massachusetts
118 Peachtree City Georgia
119 Sandpoint Idaho
120 Corrales New Mexico
121 Davis California
122 Fairhope Alabama
123 Georgetown Delaware
124 Havre de Grace Maryland
125 Lake Forest Illinois
126 Midland Michigan
127 Naperville Illinois
128 Rutland Vermont
129 Williamsburg Virginia
130 Bartlesville Oklahoma
131 Bentonville Arkansas
132 Bristol Rhode Island
133 Camden Maine
134 Durango Colorado
135 Fallon Nevada
136 Gig Harbor Washington
137 Guilford Connecticut
138 Holland Michigan
139 Hood River Oregon
140 Moab Utah
141 Mountain Home Arkansas
142 Olympia Washington
143 Rehoboth Beach Delaware
144 Ruidoso New Mexico
145 Salida Colorado
146 Spearfish South Dakota
147 Taos New Mexico
148 Waterbury Vermont
149 Bemidji Minnesota
150 Bettendorf Iowa
151 East Greenwich Rhode Island
152 Hastings Nebraska
153 Hendersonville North Carolina
154 Homer Alaska
155 Lake Charles Louisiana
156 Leavenworth Kansas
157 Muncie Indiana
158 Norfolk Nebraska
159 Paso Robles California
160 Petoskey Michigan
161 Sacramento California
162 Salina Kansas
163 Steamboat Springs Colorado
164 Bennington Vermont
165 Ketchum Idaho
166 Laconia New Hampshire
167 Mason City Iowa
168 Simsbury Connecticut
169 Skaneateles New York
170 Worcester Massachusetts
171 Dover New Hampshire
172 Dickinson North Dakota
173 Riverton Wyoming
174 Ocean Springs Mississippi
175 Lewisburg West Virginia
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