Retiring in Russellville
Retiring in Russellville offers genuinely affordable housing and Arkansas's real, substantial retirement-income tax treatment, anchored by a real local trauma-center hospital.
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Learn moreArkansas's real retirement-income tax treatment
Arkansas fully exempts Social Security from state income tax and offers a real $6,000-per-person exclusion on other qualified retirement income for taxpayers 59.5 and older.
A genuinely affordable cost of living
Russellville's housing runs genuinely affordable (approximately $165,000-$212,000 depending on source), and this record's own effective property tax rate ran approximately 0.92%.
Real local healthcare access
Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, a real 170-bed Level III trauma center, anchors substantial local healthcare access for retirees.
Key takeaways
- Arkansas's full Social Security exemption and $6,000 retirement-income exclusion apply statewide.
- Russellville's housing and property tax both run genuinely affordable.
- Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center anchors real local healthcare access for retirees.
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