{"id":86,"date":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T10:00:00","slug":"tucson-retirement-costs-run-below-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/07\/tucson-retirement-costs-run-below-average\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucson Retirement Costs Run Below Average"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/jerry-andre-a-marbury\/arizona-retire-budget-remotion-videos-b2cd\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Tucson was highlighted for retirement on $1.9K monthly or less, with avg. home value ~$319K and a cost of living index of 97.<br \/>\nThe city wraps around the Santa Cruz River, giving downtown a waterfront feel amid saguaro-studded desert, with park districts and the Santa Catalina Mountains nearby.<br \/>\nA local college adds college-town energy, while outdoor scenery remains a constant backdrop for retirees wanting daily life paired with desert and mountain views.<br \/>\nArizona does not tax Social Security benefits at the state level, and Tucson residents are served by a regional hospital system for medical needs.<br \/>\nOverall, Tucson combines manageable costs with scenery, climate, and community feel, matching the traits that keep Arizona on many retirement short lists.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tucson was highlighted for retirement on $1.9K monthly or less, with avg. home value ~$319K and a cost of living index of 97. The city wraps around the Santa Cruz River, giving downtown a waterfront feel amid saguaro-studded desert, with park districts and the Santa Catalina Mountains nearby. A local college adds college-town energy, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":87,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jerrymarbury.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}