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Active Adult Communities

Discover the Best Active Adult Communities in the U.S.

For nearly 30 years, Private Communities Registry (PCR) has been the trusted resource for homebuyers searching for the best active adult communities in the United States. Whether you're looking for a 55+ adult community with resort-style amenities, golf courses, or waterfront views, we make it easy to find your ideal active retirement community based on location, lifestyle preferences, and available real estate.

What Are Active Adult Communities?

Active adult communities are designed for homebuyers seeking a low-maintenance, socially engaging lifestyle. These communities for active adults typically feature resort-style amenities such as clubhouses, golf courses, pickleball courts, and walking trails, fostering a vibrant atmosphere for like-minded individuals. Many also offer planned activities, social clubs, and fitness programs, promoting active senior living in a welcoming, age-restricted environment.

Who Are Active Adult Communities For?

These communities are ideal for:

  • Retirees and pre-retirees looking for a relaxed yet engaging lifestyle
  • Empty nesters seeking to downsize or relocate to warmer climates
  • Active adults who value social interaction, fitness, and recreation
  • Those wanting a low-maintenance home with modern designs and energy efficiency

Where Are the Best Retirement Communities for Active Adults?

From the sunny beaches of Florida to the scenic mountains of the Carolinas and the golf courses of Arizona, PCR showcases the best retirement communities for active adults across the country. Popular locations for active adult living include:

  • Southeast – Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina
  • Southwest – Arizona, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico
  • West Coast – California, Idaho, Washington
  • Northeast & Mid-Atlantic – Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey
  • Midwest – Tennessee, Oklahoma

Whether you’re looking for a gated active adult community near a city or a peaceful retreat surrounded by nature, PCR helps you explore and compare active adult communities in your preferred location. Start your search today and find your perfect home in one of the nation's top adult lifestyle living destinations.


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Woodlake Village

Murrells Inlet, South Carolina Active Adult Community
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Woodlake Village is a 55+ active adult community in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, offering low-maintenance homes, resort-style amenities, and a relaxed coastal lifestyle near Myrtle Beach. Residents enjoy pools, tennis, social clubs, golf nearby, and convenient access to beaches, shopping, dining, and Grand Strand attractions.

Pricing: Homes from the mid $200,000s to mid $300,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis

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Woodside

Aiken, South Carolina Active Adult Community
Aiken, South Carolina
Located in the historic city of Aiken, South Carolina, Woodside covers more than 2,800 acres of rolling countryside and offers classic country club amenities combined with a diverse group of neighborhoods. This active community offers four championship golf courses, a pool, tennis, croquet, community gardening, two clubhouses, a wellness center and lakes for fishing and canoeing.

Pricing: Lots with wooded, golf, and lake views are priced from the $60,000s; Homes with low-maintenance living options from the $500,000s to $1 million+.

Community Type: All Ages, Retirement

Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Cedars at Cane Ridge

Antioch, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Antioch, Tennessee
Cedars at Cane Ridge is a new 55+ community in Antioch, Tennessee, offering single-family homes and townhomes by Ashton Woods. Designed for low-maintenance active adult living, the community features planned pickleball courts, walking paths, and a pavilion near shopping, parks, healthcare, Nashville attractions, and BNA.

Pricing: From the mid $300,000s to $500,000+

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Fairfield Glade

Fairfield Glade, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Fairfield Glade, Tennessee
This 12,500-acre community on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau encompasses five championship golf courses, 11 lakes for boating and fishing, marinas, fitness center, and tennis.

Pricing: Homes, Condos, Villas and Townhomes are priced from $300,000 to $1.2 million; Lots from $10,000 to $300,000.

Community Type: All Ages, Retirement

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Marina Marina
Community Amenity: Mountains Mountains
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Near the Beach Near the Beach
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: RV Storage RV Storage
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Fairvue Plantation

Gallatin, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Gallatin, Tennessee
Fairvue Plantation is a luxury Tennessee master-planned community in Gallatin featuring championship golf, nine miles of Old Hickory Lake shoreline, resort-style amenities, and diverse real estate options. Just minutes from Nashville, the community includes gated neighborhoods, waterfront estates, and The Retreat, an exclusive Tennessee 55+ community designed for active adults seeking a vibrant golf and lakefront lifestyle.

Pricing: Homes from the $300,000s to $4 million+

Community Type: All Ages, 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming

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Nexus South

Gallatin, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Gallatin, Tennessee
Nexus South is a gated 55+ community in Gallatin, Tennessee, offering new low-maintenance homes within the larger Nexus master plan. Residents enjoy a clubhouse, resort pool with lap lanes, fitness and aerobics studios, pickleball, tennis, trails, gathering spaces, and convenient access to Old Hickory Lake and Nashville.

Pricing: From the low $300,000s to $500,000+

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Parkhaven

Hermitage, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Hermitage, Tennessee
Parkhaven is a gated 55+ master-planned community in Hermitage, Tennessee, offering new and resale homes near Nashville. Residents enjoy a clubhouse, saltwater pool, fitness, indoor walking track, pickleball, tennis, dog parks, social activities, and direct access to the Stones River Greenway.

Pricing: Homes from the low $500,000s to high $700,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Rarity Bay

Vonore, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Vonore, Tennessee
Set in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, this private golf and equestrian community is located on a scenic peninsula with 10 miles of shoreline along Lake Tellico in East Tennessee. Amenities include 18 holes of championship golf, an equestrian center with 10 miles of riding trails, clubhouse, swim & tennis club, activity center and private boat docks.

Pricing: Lots priced from $19,900 to $595,000; Condos and Homes from $139,900 to $2.8 million.

Community Type: All Ages, Retirement

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Equestrian Equestrian
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Marina Marina
Community Amenity: Mountains Mountains
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Rentals Rentals
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Reverie at Parkhaven

Hermitage, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Hermitage, Tennessee
Reverie at Parkhaven is a new gated 55+ neighborhood in Hermitage, Tennessee, offering low-maintenance Dream Finders homes near Nashville. Residents enjoy Parkhaven's clubhouse, pool, fitness center, pickleball, tennis, trails, dog parks, greenway access, and an active social lifestyle close to recreation, healthcare, and BNA.

Pricing: From the low $500,000s to mid $700,000s+

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Tellico Village

Loudon, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Loudon, Tennessee
Situated along 40 miles of shoreline on Tellico Lake, this community offers year-round championship golf, lakefront views from almost every lot, and an active Yacht and Country Club. Located in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with easy access to Knoxville, Gatlinburg, and Pigeon Forge.

Pricing: Lots priced from $25,000 to $500,000; Townhomes from $350,000; Homes from $400,000 to $1.5 million.

Community Type: All Ages, Retirement

Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Marina Marina
Community Amenity: Mountains Mountains
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Rentals Rentals
Community Amenity: RV Storage RV Storage
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Westhaven

Franklin, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Franklin, Tennessee
Westhaven is a premier Tennessee master-planned community in Franklin, offering luxury homes, resort-style amenities, championship golf, and a vibrant Town Center. Just minutes from Nashville, the community features a new Tennessee 55+ neighborhood with exclusive amenities, making it an ideal destination for active adults, families, and anyone seeking an exceptional Middle Tennessee lifestyle.

Pricing: Townhomes and single-family homes from the high $800,000s to $3 million

Community Type: All Ages, 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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WindRiver

Lenoir City, Tennessee Active Adult Community
Lenoir City, Tennessee
WindRiver is a gated lakefront and golf course community on Tellico Lake in East Tennessee. Carefully built among rolling hillsides and gently sloping shoreline, the community offers a range of lakefront, lake view and wooded home sites.

Pricing: Homesites available; Homes are priced from $1.5 million Golf Cottages from $1.15 million and Homesites from the mid $200,000s.

Community Type: All Ages, Retirement

Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Marina Marina
Community Amenity: Mountains Mountains
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Rentals Rentals
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Campanas at Cibolo Canyons

San Antonio, Texas Active Adult Community
San Antonio, Texas
Campanas at Cibolo Canyons is a gated, resort-style community in San Antonio, Texas, offering luxury garden homes and a low-maintenance, lock-and-leave lifestyle. Residents enjoy a private clubhouse, resort pool, fitness center, pickleball, tennis, trails, social activities, and convenient access to TPC San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country.

Pricing: Homes high $400,000s to $900,000+

Community Type: All Ages

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Chambers Creek

Willis, Texas Active Adult Community
Willis, Texas
Just north of Houston set within the sprawling Houston Hill Country, Chambers Creek is a 55+ active adult community in Willis, TX. Situated near popular Lake Conroe, amenities in this unique community include a Tom Lehman designed golf course, private marina, social and wellness center, onsite vineyard, resort-style pool, pickleball, walking trails, and more.

Pricing: Custom-designed homes include smart home conveniences, and front yard maintenance, and start in the $300,000s.

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Boating Boating
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Marina Marina
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Del Webb Hill Country Retreat

San Antonio, Texas Active Adult Community
San Antonio, Texas
Del Webb Hill Country Retreat is an established gated 55+ community in San Antonio, Texas, with 1,904 single-family homes and an active resort lifestyle. Residents enjoy a 28,000-square-foot amenity center, indoor and outdoor pools, fitness, pickleball, tennis, bocce, trails, and extensive clubs and activities in a scenic Texas Hill Country setting.

Pricing: Homes from the low $200,000s to $600,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Del Webb New Braunfels at Veramendi

New Braunfels, Texas Active Adult Community
New Braunfels, Texas
Del Webb at Veramendi is a premier Texas 55+ community within the Veramendi master-planned community in New Braunfels. This active adult community in Texas offers resort-style amenities, new construction homes, and access to expanded parks and trails—just a short drive from San Antonio and Austin, with convenient access to shopping, dining, healthcare, and outdoor recreation.

Pricing: Homes from the mid $300,000s to high $700,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Fairway Pines at The Highlands

Porter, Texas Active Adult Community
Porter, Texas
Fairway Pines at The Highlands is a gated 55+ community in Porter, Texas, offering new construction homes, golf course living, exclusive active adult amenities, and access to The Highlands master-planned community. Residents enjoy resort-style recreation, social activities, scenic nature trails, and convenient proximity to Houston, shopping, dining, and healthcare.

Pricing: Homes from $350,000 to $1 million

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Lake Lake
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: River River
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Kissing Tree

San Marcos, Texas Active Adult Community
San Marcos, Texas
Kissing Tree is a gated 55+ golf community in San Marcos, Texas, offering new homes and resort-style living in the Texas Hill Country. Residents enjoy an 18-hole golf course, indoor and outdoor pools, fitness, pickleball, onsite dining, 18 miles of trails, and an active social calendar between Austin and San Antonio.

Pricing: Homes mid $300,000s to $900,000s+

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dining Dining
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Regency at Esperanza

Boerne, Texas Active Adult Community
Boerne, Texas
Regency at Esperanza is a gated Texas 55+ community in Boerne offering resort-style amenities and low-maintenance homes within a larger master-planned setting. This active adult community in Texas features an exclusive clubhouse, fitness center, and pickleball, along with access to Esperanza’s expanded amenities—all just minutes from San Antonio.

Pricing: Homes from the high $400,000s to high $900,000s

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Nearby Golf Nearby
Community Amenity: Land Conservation Land Conservation
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: Playground Playground
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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Sun City Texas

Georgetown, Texas Active Adult Community
Georgetown, Texas
Sun City Texas offers adults, 55 and over, endless recreational and social opportunities. Residents enjoy three championship golf courses, two fitness centers with tennis and swimming, plus miles of walking trails and an activity center that offers art studios, a woodshop, a computer lab, and meeting rooms for clubs and classes. The community is just minutes from the culture and excitement of Austin.

Pricing: Homes priced from the $200,000s to the $800,000s.

Community Type: 55+ Active Adult

Community Amenity: Biking Trails Biking Trails
Community Amenity: Clubhouse Clubhouse
Community Amenity: Community Gardens Community Gardens
Community Amenity: Dog Park Dog Park
Community Amenity: Fishing Fishing
Community Amenity: Fitness Fitness
Community Amenity: Gatehouse Gatehouse
Community Amenity: Golf Golf
Community Amenity: Nature Trails Nature Trails
Community Amenity: Pickleball Pickleball
Community Amenity: River River
Community Amenity: Spa Spa
Community Amenity: Swimming Swimming
Community Amenity: Tennis Tennis
Community Amenity: Walking Trails Walking Trails

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