{"id":56799,"date":"2018-04-10T08:24:55","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T15:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=56799"},"modified":"2018-04-10T08:24:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T15:24:55","slug":"calaveras-tuolumne-counties-among-best-places-in-california-for-living-on-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=56799","title":{"rendered":"Calaveras &#038; Tuolumne Counties Among Best Places in California for Living on Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230;Planning where you\u2019ll spend your retirement can be difficult, especially for folks who will be relying heavily on\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Social<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Security<\/span>\u00a0as a main source of income. There are, however, places where\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Social<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Security<\/span>\u00a0goes further than others and in a new study,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartasset.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/smartasset.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1523459416337000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEN5VnbOwI9HhrDVWfPpcQgIYLCfA\">SmartAsset<\/a>\u00a0has delved into the data to find out where. In its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartasset.com\/retirement\/social-security-calculator#California\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/smartasset.com\/retirement\/social-security-calculator%23California&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1523459416337000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkgblr-vfIpeHw6fPbpEjJ8EXaaA\">fourth annual study<\/a>, SmartAsset analyzed\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Social<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Security<\/span>\u00a0income, cost of living data, and taxes across all counties to determine where people are getting the most mileage out of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Social<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Security<\/span>, and Calaveras County ranked among the top spots in California.\u00a0 For a look at how the leaders in California compared, check out the table below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartasset.com\/retirement\/social-security-calculator#california\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56800\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chrome-Legacy-Window-4102018-82140-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chrome-Legacy-Window-4102018-82140-AM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chrome-Legacy-Window-4102018-82140-AM-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chrome-Legacy-Window-4102018-82140-AM-570x301.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chrome-Legacy-Window-4102018-82140-AM-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chrome-Legacy-Window-4102018-82140-AM-500x264.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"219\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"m_-6140947744999002416head\">\n<th>Rank<\/th>\n<th>County<\/th>\n<th class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\" width=\"17%\">Cost of Living<\/th>\n<th class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\" width=\"17%\">Annual\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Social<\/span><span class=\"il\">Security<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\" width=\"17%\"><span class=\"il\">Social<\/span><span class=\"il\">Security<\/span>Taxed?<\/th>\n<th width=\"17%\"><span class=\"il\">Social<\/span><span class=\"il\">Security<\/span>Goes Furthest Index<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody class=\"m_-6140947744999002416table-content\">\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Mariposa, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,553<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,698<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>77.77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Calaveras, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,577<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,155<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>75.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Trinity, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,673<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$18,575<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>73.63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Colusa, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$18,641<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$17,805<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>72.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>El Dorado, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$21,017<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,553<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>71.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Placer, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$21,017<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$20,180<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>71.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Tuolumne, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,757<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$18,362<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>71.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Tehama, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,217<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$18,341<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>70.68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Plumas, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$19,277<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$17,699<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>70.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Sierra, CA<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c1 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$21,941<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c2 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">$20,309<\/td>\n<td class=\"m_-6140947744999002416c3 m_-6140947744999002416vals m_-6140947744999002416hlt\">No<\/td>\n<td>70.44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The full study results, methodology, and interactive map can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartasset.com\/retirement\/social-security-calculator#California\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/smartasset.com\/retirement\/social-security-calculator%23California&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1523459416337000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFkgblr-vfIpeHw6fPbpEjJ8EXaaA\">https:\/\/smartasset.com\/<wbr><\/wbr>retirement\/<span class=\"il\">social<\/span>&#8211;<span class=\"il\">security<\/span>&#8211;<wbr><\/wbr>calculator#California<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arnold, CA&#8230;Planning where you\u2019ll spend your retirement can be difficult, especially for folks who will be relying heavily on\u00a0Social\u00a0Security\u00a0as a main source of income. There are, however, places where\u00a0Social\u00a0Security\u00a0goes further than others and in a new study,\u00a0SmartAsset\u00a0has delved into the data to find out where. In its\u00a0fourth annual study, SmartAsset analyzed\u00a0Social\u00a0Security\u00a0income, cost of living data, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,149,4,1,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-financial","category-life-style","category-news","category-real-estate","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Chrome-Legacy-Window-4102018-82140-AM.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}