Posted 10/6/22


According to a recent study, Giles County ranks 9th among the best places in Tennessee for stretching Social Security Income.

To make this assessment, the study compares Social Security income in each county against the local cost of living to see where retirees can stretch their money furthest.

To find the places where Social Security goes furthest, the study looked at the average Social Security income for residents in each county. Then calculated the taxes a typical retiree would pay on that income based on state-specific Social Security tax rules. We subtracted the taxes from that average Social Security income to determine the net income from Social Security.

Next, the study calculated how far that net income would go in every county to cover the basic necessities, like food, housing and transportation, subtracted the county-level cost of typical living expenses from each county’s net Social Security income.

The best county in the state was Loudon County.