Small cities beat out big cities. While there are plenty of bigger cities in the Midwest, smaller locales lead this study.For more details on how we found and analyzed our data, read the data and methodology section below. SmartAsset Advisors, LLC has crunched the numbers to find the best cities to retire in the Midwest.They considered data across eight metrics in 98 Midwestern cities: the percentage of the population that is retirement age, housing costs as a percentage of average retirement income, estimated senior tax burden, residential communities, medical centers, violent crimes, property crimes and unemployment. The City of Southfield has been named one of the 10 best places to retire in the Midwest by SmartAsset Advisors, LLC!
