There are many senior communities in Iowa perfect for retirement living. Many are near the metro areas and some more removed.

Iowa Senior Living:

Iowa communities and towns includes:
Ackley, Ackworth, Adair, Adel, Afton, Ainsworth, Akron, Albert City, Albia, Albion, Alburnett, Alden, Alexander, Algona, Alleman, Allerton, Allison, Alta, Alta Vista, Alton, Altoona, Alvord, Amber, Ames, Anamosa, Anderson, Andrew, Anita, IA, Ankeny, Anthon, Arbor Hill, Arcadia, Archer, Aredale, Argyle, Arion, Arispe, Arlington, Ashton, Atalissa, Atlantic, Attica, Auburn, Audubon, Aurelia, Aurora, Avery, Avoca, Ayrshire, Badger, Baldwin, Bancroft, Barnes City, Bartlett, Batavia, Battle Creek, Baxter, Bayard, Beacon, Bedford, Belknap, Belle Plaine, Bellevue, Belmond, Bennett, Bentley, Benton, Bertram, Berwick, Bettendorf, Bingham, Birmingham, Blairsburg, Blairstown, Blakesburg, Blanchard, Blencoe, Blockton, Bloomfield, Blue Grass, Bluffton, Bode, Bonaparte, Bondurant, Boone, Booneville, Botna, Bouton, Boxholm, IA, Boyden, Boyer, Braddyville, Bradford, Bradgate, Brandon, Brayton, Breda, Bremer, Bridgewater, Brighton, Britt, Bronson, Brooklyn, Brooks, Brunsville, Bryant, Buck Grove, Buckeye, Buckingham, Buffalo, Buffalo Center, Burchinal, Burlington, Burr Oak, Burt, Bussey, Callender, Calmar, Calumet, Camanche, Cambridge, Canton, Cantril, Carbon, Carl, Carlisle, Carmel, Carpenter, Carroll, Carson, Carter Lake, Cascade, Castalia, Castana, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Center Point, Centerville, Central City, Chapin, Chariton, Charles City, Charleston, Charlotte, Charter Oak, Chatsworth, Chelsea, Cherokee, Chillicothe, Churdan, Cincinnati, Clare, Clarence, Clarinda, Clarion, Clarksville, Clayton, Clear Lake, Clearfield, Clermont, Climbing Hill, Clinton, IA, Clio, Clive, Cloverdale, Clutier, Coburg, Coggon, Coin, Colesburg, Colfax, Collins, Colo, Columbia, Columbus Junction, Colwell, Conesville, Conrad, Conroy, Coon Rapids, Cooper, Coralville, Cornelia, Corning, Correctionville, Corwith, Corydon, Council Bluffs, Craig, Crawfordsville, Cresco, Creston, Croton, Crystal Lake, Cumberland, Cumming, Curlew, Cushing, Cylinder, Dakota City, Dallas Center, Dana, Danbury, Danville, Davenport, Davis City, Dawson, De Soto, De Witt, Decatur City, Decorah, Dedham, Deep River, IA, Defiance, Delaware, Delhi, Delmar, Deloit, Denison, Denmark, Denver, Derby, Des Moines, Dexter, Diagonal, Dike, Dixon, Dolliver, Donahue, Donnan, Doon, Dorchester, Douds, Dougherty, Dubuque, Duncombe, Dundee, Dunkerton, Dunlap, Durant, Eagle Grove, Earlville, East Peru, Eddyville, Edgewood, Edna, Elberon, Eldon, Eldora, Eldorado, Eldridge, Elgin, Elk Horn, Elkader, Elkhart, Elkport, Elliott, Ellston, Elma, Elwood, Ely, Emerson, Emmetsburg, Epworth, Essex, Estherville, Evans, Evansdale, Everly, Ewart, Exira, Fairbank, Fairfax, Fairfield, Fairport, Farley, Farlin, Farmington, Farragut, Faulkner, Fayette, Fenton, Ferguson, Fernald, Fertile, Finchford, Floris, Floyd, Folletts, Fonda, Fontanelle, Forest City, Fort Atkinson, Fort Dodge, Fort Madison, Fostoria, Frankville, Fredericksburg, Frederika, Fremont, Fruitland, Fulton, Galt, Galva, Gambrill, Garden City, Garden Grove, Garnavillo, IA, Garner, Garrison, Garwin, Gaza, Geneva, George, Germantown, Gifford, Gilbert, Gillett Grove, Gilliatt, Gilman, Gilmore City, Gladbrook, Glasgow, Glenwood, Glidden, Goldfield, Goodell, Goose Lake, Gowrie, Graettinger, Grafton, Grand Junction, Grand Mound, Grand River, Grandview, Granger, Grant, Grant Center, Gravity, Gray, Greeley, Green Island, Green Mountain, Greene, Greenfield, Grimes, Grinnell, Griswold, Grundy Center, Gruver, Guernsey, Gunder, Guthrie Center, Guttenberg, Halbur, Hale, Halfa, Hamburg, Hamilton, Hamlin, Hampton, Hancock, Harcourt, Hardy, Harlan, Harper, Harpers Ferry, Hartford, Hartley, Hartwick, Harvey, Hastings, Haverhill, Hawarden, Hawkeye, Hayesville, Hayfield, Hazleton, Hedrick, Henderson, Hepburn, Hiawatha, Highland Center, Highlandville, Hills, Hinton, Hiteman, Holland, Holstein, Holy Cross, Hopkinton, Hornick, Hospers, Hubbard, Hudson, Humboldt, Humeston, Huntington, Hurstville, Huxley, Iconium, Ida Grove, Imogene, Independence, Indianola, Inwood, Ionia, Iowa City, Iowa Falls, Ira, Ireton, Irvington, Irwin, Jackson Junction, Jamaica, Jamison, Janesville, Jefferson, Jerico, Jesup, Jewell, Joice, Jolley, Jordan, Kalona, Kamrar, Kanawha, IA, Kellerton, Kelley, Kellogg, Kensett, Kent, Keokuk, Keosauqua, Keota, Kesley, Key West, Keystone, Killduff, Kimballton, King, Kingsley, Kirkman, Kiron, Klemme, Kniecrim, Knoke, Knoxville, Koekuk, Koszta, La Motte, La Porte City, Lacey, Lacona, Ladora, Lake City, Lake Park, Lake View, Lakota, Lamoni, Lamont, Lanesboro, Langdon, Langworthy, Lansing, Lanyon, Larchwood, Larrabee, Latimer, Laurel, Laurens, Lawler, Lawton, Le Claire, Le Grand, Le Mars, Ledyard, Lehigh, Leighton, Leland, Lenox, Leon, Letts, Lewis, Liberty Center, Libertyville, Lidderdale, Lime Springs, Linby, Lincoln, Linden, Linn Grove, Liscomb, Livermore, Lockridge, Logan, Lohrville, Lone Tree, Lorimor, Lost Nation, Lourdes, Lovilia, Lowden, Lu Verne, Luther, Luton, Luxemburg, Lyman, Lytton, Macedonia, Macksburg, Madrid, Magnolia, Malcom, Mallard, Maloy, Malvern, Manchester, Manilla, Manly, Manning, Manson, Mapleton, Maquoketa, Marathon, Marble Rock, Marcus, Marengo, Marion, Mark, Marne, Marquette, IA, Marshalltown, Martelle, Martensdale, Mason City, Masonville, Massena, Massillon, Matlock, Maxwell, May City, Maynard, Mc Callsburg, McCallsburg, McClelland, McGregor, McIntire, Mechanicsville, Mediapolis, Melbourne, Melcher, Melrose, Menlo, Meriden, Merrill, Meservey, Milford, Miller, Millersburg, Millerton, Millville, Milo, Minburn, Minden, Mineola, Mingo, Missouri Valley, Mitchell, Mitchellville, Moingona, Mondamin, Moneta, Monroe, Monteith, Montezuma, Monticello, Montour, Moorhead, Moorland, Moravia, Morning Sun, Morse, Morton Mills, Moscow, Moulton, Mount Auburn, Mount Ayr, Mount Etna, Mount Hamill, Mount Pleasant, Mount Sterling, Mount Union, Mount Vernon, Mount Zion, Moville, Murray, Muscatine, Mystic, Nashua, National, Nemaha, Neola, Nevada, Nevinville, New Hampton, New Haven, New London, New Market, New Sharon, New Vienna, New Virginia, Newburg, Newell, Newhall, Newton, Nichols, Nodaway, Nora Springs, North Buena Vista, North English, North Liberty, North Washington, Northwood, Norwalk, Norwood, Numa, Oakland, Oakville, Ocheyedan, Odebolt, Oelwein, Ogden, Okoboji, Olin, Ollie, Onawa, Oneida, Onslow, IA, Oran, Orange City, Orchard, Orient, Osage, Osceola, Oskaloosa, Ossian, Otho, Otley, Oto, Otranto, Otter Creek, Ottumwa, Owasa, Oxford, Oxford Junction, Pacific Junction, Packard, Packwood, Palmer, Palo, Panama, Panora, Paris, Parkersburg, Parnell, Paton, Paullina, Pella, Peosta, Percival, Perry, Persia, Peterson, Pierson, Pioneer, Pisgah, Plainfield, Pleasant Grove, Pleasantville, Plover, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk City, Popejoy, Portsmouth, Postville, Prairie City, Prescott, Preston, Primghar, Princeton, Prole, Promise City, Protivin, Quasqueton, Quimby, Randalia, Randall, Randolph, Raymond, Readlyn, Reasnor, Red Oak, Redding, Redfield, Reinbeck, Rembrandt, Remsen, Renwick, Rhodes, Riceville, Ricketts, Ridgeway, Rinard, Ringsted, Rippey, River Sioux, Riverdale, Riverside, Riverton, Robinson, Rock Falls, Rock Island, Rock Rapids, Rock Valley, Rockford, Rockwell, Rockwell City, Rodman, Rodney, Roland, Rolfe, Rose Hill, Ross, Rossie, Rossville, Rowan, Rowley, Royal, Rubio, Runnells, Ruthven, Rutland, Ryan, Sabula, Sac City, Sageville, Saint Ansgar, Saint Anthony, Saint Charles, Saint Donatus, Saint Lucas, Saint Marys, Saint Olaf, Saint Paul, Salem, Salina, Salix, Sand Springs, Saratoga, Scarville, Schaller, Schleswig, Schley, Scotch Grove, Scranton, Searsboro, Selma, Seney, Sergeant Bluff, Sewal, Seymour, Shambaugh, Sharpsburg, Sheffield, Shelby, Sheldahl, Sheldon, Shell Rock, Shellsburg, Shenandoah, Sherwood, Shipley, Siam, Sibley, Sidney, Sigourney, Silver City, Sioux Center, Sioux City, Sioux Rapids, Sloan, Smithland, Soldier, Solon, Somers, IA, South English, Spencer, Spirit Lake, Spragueville, Spring Hill, Springbrook, Springville, Stacyville, Stanhope, Stanley, Stanton, State Center, Steamboat Rock, Stennett, Stiles, Stilson, Stockport, Stockton, Storm Lake, Story City, Stout, Strahan, Stratford, Strawberry Point, Stuart, Sully, Summitville, Sumner, Sunbury, Superior, Sutherland, Swan, Swea City, Swedesburg, Swisher, Tama, Tara, Teeds Grove, Tennant, Terril, Thompson, Thor, Thornburg, Thornton, Thurman, Tiffin, Tingley, Tipton, Titonka, Toddville, Toledo, Toronto, Tracy, Traer, Trenton, Treynor, Tripoli, Troy, Troy Mills, Truesdale, Turin, Udell, Underwood, Union, Unionville, Urbana, Urbandale, Ute, Vail, Valeria, Van Meter, Van Wert, Varina, Villisca, Vincent, Vinton, Viola, Volga, Voorhies, Wadena, Walcott, Walford, Walker, Wall Lake, Wallingford, Walnut, Wapello, Ware, Washburn, Washington, Washta, Waterloo, Waucoma, Waukee, Waukon, Waverly, Wayland, Webb, Webster, Webster City, Weldon, Wellman, Wellsburg, Welton, Wesley, West Bend, West Branch, West Chester, West Des Moines, West Liberty, West Point, West Union, Westfield, Westgate, IA, Weston, Wever, What Cheer, Wheatland, Whiting, Whittemore, Whitten, Willey, Williamsburg, Williamson, Wilton, Winfield, Winterset, Wiota, Woodbine, Woodburn, Woodward, Woolstock, Worthington, Wright, Wyman, Wyoming, Yale, Yarmouth, Yetter, Zearing, Zwingle Iowa.