11 Best Places to Retire in California

5. San Mateo

Score: 15

Median home price: $802,400

Cost of living index: 227.8

Crime index: 39

Doctors per 100k: 377

Average commute time: 25.15

Sure, the median home price in San Mateo County is sky high – $802,400, and the cost of living index isn’t too nice either – 227.8, but there are many great things about this place. On one hand, the crime index is 39, which is rather low, while the number of doctors assigned per 100,000 people is calculated at 377. The average commute time is also an acceptable 25 minutes.

Of course, there’s also the fact that San Mateo has a coastline, and you’ll get to live close to the Ocean if you move here. That alone and it’s worth the extra price you’ll pay for property here, not to mention the fact that you’re surely going to find houses that go for a lot cheaper than this since those multi-million mansions are pulling the price up.

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