According to a recent survey by U.S. News & World Report, retirees and those nearing retirement want many of the same things when they’re seeking a retirement spot. They want to live in an area with low housing costs and tax rates. They want good healthcare, available jobs, low crime and places to go and things to do. And they want a place where the locals are happy.

In other words, not so different from what matters to most Americans.

The news site reached out to 3,500 people, focusing on those nearing retirement age 45 to 59, as well as those age 60 and older. From a predefined list of options, they were asked to choose the attributes of a retirement destination that were most important to them. It came down to six themes: affordability, happiness, desirability, retiree taxes, the job market and healthcare quality.

The site analyzed data for the 150 top cities in the U.S. to see how well they met respondents’ needs and expectations. The analysis included data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reporting program, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Tax Foundation, information services company Wolters Kluwer, the Internal Revenue Service, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The rankings of the best places to retire were based on the overall retirement score, which used a weighted average of the six indexes for each area. The overall retirement score and each index score were calculated on a 10-point scale based on the data sources and scoring methodology.

According to U.S. News’s research, these were the top 15 places to retire in 2025:

15. South Bend, Ind.

This Rust Belt city has no shortage of outdoor activities during the summer with its many inland lakes and Lake Michigan’s beaches and sand dunes, which are 45 minutes away. In the winter, there are ample hiking trails for skiers and a 16,000-square-foot ice trail for skaters. South Bend’s downtown also “boasts the East Race Waterway, the first artificial whitewater course in North America, drawing skilled kayakers and novice leisure seekers who rent inner tubes.” And not to forget, it’s home to the University of Notre Dame.

City Population: 119,280
Median Home Price: $133,774
Median Monthly Rent: $962
Median Age: 37
Median Household Income: $56,890
Unemployment Rate: 5.15%