{"id":102,"date":"2017-06-27T17:07:58","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T17:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/?p=102"},"modified":"2022-11-29T19:05:41","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T19:05:41","slug":"best-suburbs-of-detroit-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/best-suburbs-of-detroit-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Suburbs of Detroit To Retire To Not Named Ann Arbor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every guide to living and retiring in Detroit, Michigan is littered with recommendations for Ann Arbor, MI. \u00a0Of course, buying a home in Ann Arbor is the dream for many of those that live in the Detroit area. \u00a0There are other options for people looking for the Best Suburbs of Detroit To Retire To<\/strong>.\u00a0 Keep in mind if you’re looking for the best state to retire to<\/a>, Michigan isn’t it.\u00a0 Michigan comes in 30th out of 50 states as the most desirable retirement.\u00a0 However, if you are retiring to Michigan<\/a>, we wanted a guide for what to look for outside of Detroit.<\/p>\n

We took a look at the suburbs of Detroit \u00a0and measured a few things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Safety – Crime reports per 100<\/li>\n
  2. Doctors – Doctor to patient ratio<\/li>\n
  3. Senior Amenities Listed<\/li>\n
  4. Cost of Living<\/li>\n
  5. Overall Percent of residents over 65<\/li>\n
  6. Of course, retirement would be retirement without Golf.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Without further ado, here’s our list. \u00a0Of the best places to retire in Detroit.<\/p>\n

    Our Top 4\u00a0Best Suburbs of Detroit To Retire To<\/h2>\n

    #4. \u00a0Northville, MI<\/h3>\n

    \"-\"<\/a>With a great combination of safety, cost of living and amenities, Northville will not disappoint. \u00a0In addition, to being a great place to retire, Northville MI is also just a great place to live. \u00a0Northville is sought after by families as well. \u00a0 \u00a0A popular retirement spot is the Country Club Village Condos<\/a> with it’s public 9 hole course and amenities.<\/p>\n

    #3. \u00a0Farmington Hills, MI<\/h3>\n

    Farmington Hills makes this list as a small town with the 8th most seniors in the state!\u00a0 It’s a choice location for retirees! There’s over 95 listed senior amenities and it’s convenience and safety are some of the highest in the state as well. \u00a0 Like Northville, homes for sale in Farmington are more affordable (relatively speaking) and sought after by all, not just retirees.<\/p>\n

    #2. \u00a0Livonia, MI<\/h3>\n

    Do you love to golf and\/or hockey? \u00a0Livonia is for you! \u00a0With multiple options to go golfing it’s no wonder that 17% of the population is at retirement age, making it the 7th in the entire state! \u00a0During the winter you’ll be able to enjoy the states largest amatuer hockey league! \u00a0Livonia is a unique town with a feel of a small town with the perks of the city; it is the second largest city in Wayne County and the eighth largest city in Michigan. \u00a0In addition, Livonia is a convenient Detroit suburb are only 2 miles from Detroit itself.<\/p>\n

    #1. \u00a0Bloomfield, MI<\/h3>\n

    \"-\"With 21% of the residents of Bloomfield consider part of the retirement population,\u00a0 it comes in as the number 1 suburb to retire to in the Detroit area. \u00a0There’s golf, top honors in safety and has the number 1 ratio of Doctors to patients. \u00a0 95% of Bloomfield is actually residential<\/a> making it one of the perfect places to retire to. \u00a0The community is centrally located in the Detroit \/ Oakland metropolitan area. Bloomfield has close proximity to Oakland County parks and rec.<\/p>\n

    Retiring in Detroit doesn’t have to be all about living in the Frozen tundra.\u00a0 Sure, it’s not retiring to Georgia<\/a> or even living the island retirement life,<\/a> but there’s some affordable options and if you’re family lives in Michigan than you’re likely going to wan to be there.\u00a0 After all that’s one of our 8 keys to a successful retirement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Every guide to living and retiring in Detroit, Michigan is littered with recommendations for Ann Arbor, MI. \u00a0Of course, buying a home in Ann Arbor is the dream for many of those that live in the Detroit area. \u00a0There are other options for people looking for the Best Suburbs of Detroit To Retire To.\u00a0 Keep […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,104],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8776,"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102\/revisions\/8776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestretirementcities.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}