Retirees have long flocked to Florida, Arizona and other warm-weather locales to live out their golden years.

But new data shows there’s a New York town that’s quickly becoming a hotspot for those who have given up work.

Mount Vernon in Westchester County is seeing a surge in senior citizen residents, according to a new GOBankingRates study.

Mount Vernon is sleepier than the city and is among the most affordable areas in pricey Westchester County (pictured). Jin – stock.adobe.com

The company analyzed figures from the 2023, 2022, and 2018 US Census American Community Surveys to see which towns in America have witnessed the biggest increases in their population of people aged 65 and over.

The number of Mount Vernon residents in that demographic surged a staggering 25% between 2018 and

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