Austin is home to some of the most working seniors in America

Early retirement? That’s not in the cards for Austin’s workforce, which recently took the 6th spot in cities with the most working seniors.

According to research from Provision Living, 22.8 percent of Austin’s senior population (age 65 and over) is still clocking in and out five days a week. For context, Austin is home to over just over 76,700 seniors.

That population is only growing, with the workforce having seen a 95 percent increase in seniors since 2009, the third largest increase in the country. That’s no small feat, seeing as a recent Gallup poll shows that most people expect to retire by 66.

But it seems that a strong work ethic runs in Texans’ blood: Five out of the top 10 cities with the largest senior workforce can be found in the Lone Star State. In addition to Austin, seniors in Plano, Garland, Dallas, and Irving also earned nods with an average of 23 percent of seniors in the workforce. Plano took the top spot, with a total of 25.4 percent of seniors in the workforce.

Other cities in the top ten include Washington, D.C. (24.1%), Anchorage (24%), Minneapolis (23.4%), Durham (22.6%) and Nashville (22.4%). Larger cities, like New York, Atlanta and Chicago didn’t crack the list - or even the top 25, according to Provision. In fact, less than half of the cities in the top 25 are home to 500,000 people or more.

Data collected also includes senior workforce growth since 2009, and by the looks of it, seniors across the country are still going strong. The 25 cities with the most growth include Durham, North Carolina (109%), followed by Plano, Texas (99%), Austin (95%), Gilbert Town, Arizona (86%)and Portland, Oregon (86%). Alaska rounds out the list at 61 percent.

While there’s no word on whether seniors are working due to financial strains or because they simply enjoy it, one thing is clear: They’re not going anywhere.