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Study: MontCo Ranks 5th in PA Retirement Cost Increases

Study: In PA Retirement Cost Increases, MontCo Ranks 5th

April 9, 2025

NEW YORK NY – The cost of retirement for Montgomery County residents increased 59.96% during the past 10 years, according to a study released Tuesday (April 8, 2025) by a New York-based financial firm.

The study, by SmartAsset, concludes Montgomery County ranked fifth among 10 Pennsylvania counties in the rising amounts their residents paid for retirement living.

Its rankings relied in part on:

  • How home prices have changed over the past ten years;
  • Inflation-adjusted expenses for essential needs;
  • Changes in average Social Security benefits; and
  • Shifts in individual retirement account contributions.

Based on its findings, the company created an overall index. “The highest-ranking counties in this scoring were those that are where retiring has become the most expensive,” SmartAsset explains.

Scoring higher than Montgomery County in retirement cost growth were Philadelphia County, ranked first, at 66.61%; Delaware County, second, 62.81%; Bucks County, third, 61.6%; and Chester County, fourth, 61.37%. Ranking lower, in order from sixth through 10th, were Allegheny, Lehigh, Pike, Northampton, and Cumberland counties.

For lowest increase during the decade, Cumberland County residents’ retirement cost rose 53.81%.

Additional details on the study, including its methodology and an interactive map, are available online.

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The PCTV Network. PCTV, headquartered in Pottstown, provides local television programming in western Montgomery, northern Chester, and eastern Berks counties.

Digital Notebook. Pottstown resident Evan Brandt is the sole reporter for the venerable Pottstown Mercury newspaper. For many years, until February 2022, he offered observations about happenings in the borough and elsewhere. They remain valuable from a historical perspective.

The Boyertown Expression. Covers municipalities primarily within Berks County’s Boyertown Area School District, and focuses on the municipalities of Boyertown, Bally, Barto, and Gilbertsville. Its operators, Leslie Misko and Jane Stahl, are long-time Boyertown area residents with backgrounds in education and art.

Perk Valley Now. Covers municipalities primarily within Montgomery County's Perkiomen Valley School District: Zionsville, Schwenksville, Perkiomen, Perkiomenville, Trappe, Collegeville, and Skippack PA.

North Penn Now. Covers municipalities primarily within Montgomery County's North Penn School District: Hatfield township and borough, Lansdale, North Wales, Montgomery, Towamencin and Upper Gwynedd.

Keystone Wayfarer. Described by author Paula Hogan "as an outlet to publish accounts” that explore “the extensive history” of people and places in and around Schwenksville PA and, more broadly, Montgomery County PA.

Daily Voice Pottstown. Covers municipalities in western Montgomery County and beyond.

MyChesCo. MyChesCo has covered Chester County news since 2017.

Berks Community Television. Covers Berks County.

Spotlight PA. An investigative news service for Pennsylvania, supported by several news organizations statewide. It is starting a Berks County Edition.

Philly Voice. Covers Philadelphia and the suburbs.

Lehigh Valley News. Lehigh Valley News, headquartered in Bethlehem PA, provides news coverage in Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and counties of the Lehigh Valley.

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