RETIRE IN ARIZONA ON SOCIAL SECURITY — 6 Towns Where Homes Start at $78,000

The average Social Security retirement cheque in 2026 is about $2,056 a month, and Arizona does not tax a cent of it. The problem is the price of a house — in Yavapai County, which holds four of the six towns here, a typical home is worth $499,824. These six are all under $250,000, and the property tax on every one of them lands between $40 and $115 a month. For each: the real asking price, the acreage, the tax, how far the nearest hospital is, and the honest reason nobody has bought it yet. THE SIX (cheapest first) #1 Seligman, AZ - $78,000 - 40 acres - tax ~$484/yr (~$40/mo) - 51 mi to hospital https://www.unitedcountry.com/propert... Listing agent: Elizabeth Jones, (623) 853-6228 #2 Chino Valley, AZ - $90,000 - in town, no acreage - tax ~$558/yr (~$46/mo) - 13 mi to hospital https://www.unitedcountry.com/propert... Listing agent: Doreen Letson, (623) 777-9082 #3 Salome, AZ - $128,272 - 2.05 acres - tax ~$795/yr (~$66/mo) - 49 mi to hospital https://www.unitedcountry.com/propert... Listing agent: Chonna Marshall, (928) 916-0376 #4 Tombstone, AZ - $135,000 - in town, no acreage - tax ~$837/yr (~$70/mo) - 16 mi to hospital https://www.unitedcountry.com/propert... Listing agent: John Payne, (480) 422-6800 #5 Yarnell, AZ - $159,900 - in town, no acreage - tax ~$991/yr (~$83/mo) - 17 mi to hospital https://www.unitedcountry.com/propert... Listing agent: John Payne, (480) 422-6800 #6 Prescott Valley, AZ - $222,500 - 0.13 acre - tax ~$1380/yr (~$115/mo) - 0 mi to hospital https://www.unitedcountry.com/propert... Listing agent: Doreen Letson, (623) 777-9082 CHAPTERS 0:02 Intro 1:40 #6 Prescott Valley - $222,500 - hospital 0.3 mi 4:25 #5 Yarnell - $159,900 - built 1953 7:00 Why Arizona has houses this cheap 8:56 #4 Tombstone - $135,000 - in town 11:34 #3 Salome - $128,272 - 3 bed, 2 acres 14:10 #2 Chino Valley - $90,000 - 398 sq ft 16:51 #1 Seligman - $78,000 - 40 acres 20:03 The one I would buy 21:38 All six again 22:59 Where the numbers come from 23:49 Before you go WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM Prices, acreage, beds and year built: live United Country listings, checked 22 Sept 2026 - ring the agent before you drive out. County home values: Zillow ZHVI, July 2026. Population, median age, income: US Census ACS 2023. Social Security: the SSA's 2026 COLA release (2.8%, average retirement benefit up about $56/mo, so roughly $2,056). Arizona not taxing Social Security: A.R.S. 43-1022. Property tax is estimated from the state's typical effective rate - an estimate, not a bill. Hospital distances are straight-line miles; the road is always longer. This video is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not financial, legal, tax or real estate advice. Except where a town is named on screen, the footage shows places like these rather than the listed properties, and is marked "Representative footage". Every price and fact comes from the real listing. PHOTO CREDITS — Wikimedia Commons (CC BY / CC BY-SA) and Unsplash Anthony Marino; Bethany Chobanian Lang; Chandler Cruttenden; Christian David; Chuang XY; Daniel Stiel; Dave Meckler; Dennis Zhang; DrStew82; Dulcey Lima; E R; EMAAhua; Fabrizio Coco; Frankie Lopez; G. Edward Johnson; GWANGJIN GO; Gordon Leggett; Ingrid Eich; JC Cervantes; James Lee; Jedijoe82; Jim Witkowski; Jordan Clarke; K. K.; KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský; Ken Lund; Marine 69-71; Mathieu BROSSAIS; Mikheil Kuzmidi; Moritz Zimmermann; Nick Ares; Pierre André Leclercq; Raychel Sanner; Stephen Crane; Terryballard; Tyke Jones; Tyler Hardie; Wjmcguire220; Yashas Tayal; Yevhenii Aihubov; Ysmay Walsh; cool guy jon; daveynin from United States; maarit u; ran liwen; tifoultoute Other footage: Pexels and Pixabay, which require no attribution. MUSIC (Creative Commons, via Jamendo) "The call of the desert" by zero-project (CC BY) — https://www.jamendo.com/track/1195830 "Desert queen" by zero-project (CC BY) — https://www.jamendo.com/track/1196203 "Welcome to the desert of the real" by Straigt Component (CC BY) — https://www.jamendo.com/track/1486487 "Desert Wind" by Andrey Avkhimovich (CC BY) — https://www.jamendo.com/track/1199569 "Long Hard Road Through Stone Desert III" by Alcoholic Degradation (CC BY) — https://www.jamendo.com/track/1648550 "lost in the desert" by Mattia Goglio (CC BY) — https://www.jamendo.com/track/871230 "Desert Caravan" by Doxent Zsigmond (CC BY) — https://www.jamendo.com/track/1058130 #Arizona #RetireInArizona #SocialSecurity #CheapHomes #RealEstate #OffGrid #Route66