Social Security and Retirement Income in the Mountain West, 2022

Authors

Dre Boyd-Weatherly, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Taylor Volk, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Caitlin J. Saladino, Brookings Mountain West & The Lincy InstituteFollow
William E. Brown Jr., Brookings Mountain WestFollow

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

3-7-2025

Publication Title

Cities & Metros Fact Sheet No. 14

Publisher

The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West

First page number:

1

Last page number:

3

Abstract

This fact sheet presents data on the mean total retirement income for forty-four cities in the Mountain West: Arizona (13), Colorado (14), Nevada (9), New Mexico (3), and Utah (5). The Smart Asset report, “Social Security and Retirement Income Are Highest in These Cities – 2024 Study,” reports data from the 2022 one-year American Community Survey conducted by the U.S Census Bureau.

Keywords

Retirement; Income; Social security; Pension; Metropolitan; Mountain West

Disciplines

Economics | Income Distribution | Public Affairs | Social Welfare

File Format

pdf

File Size

149 KB

Language

English

Publisher Citation

Boyd-Weatherly, D., Volk, T., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2025). Social Security and Retirement Income in the Mountain West, 2022. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Cities and Metros Fact Sheet No. 14, 1-3.

Repository Citation

Boyd-Weatherly, D., Volk, T., Saladino, C. J., Brown, W. E. (2025). Social Security and Retirement Income in the Mountain West, 2022. Cities & Metros Fact Sheet No. 14 1-3.
Available at: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_cities/14