20 Best U.S. Suburbs For Your Happy Retirement

17. PARKWOOD, WASHINGTON

Percentage of households collecting Social Security: 40.2 percent
Median home listing price: $299,000

The Seattle suburb of Parkwood has just more than 2,500 households. The property tax rate is 1.039 percent. Although the cost of living in Parkwood is about 10 percent higher than the national average, it’s much more affordable to live there than in the Seattle metro area, where the cost of living is 76.5 percent higher than the national average.