Amarillo → Dalton
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Amarillo to Dalton is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 91.8 to 89.8 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $97/mo.
- +$1,238
- BLS median salary higher in Dalton
- 395 to 300
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.7:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $975
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Dalton
BEA Regional Price Parity, HUD Fair Market Rent, BLS OEWS, FBI UCR, NCES, and DOL. The table below lets you override the composite with your own priorities.
Pros of Moving
- + $97/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Fewer environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 91.8 to 89.8 (ratio 0.98), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $97/mo ($1,164/yr) from $1,106 in Amarillo to $1,009 in Dalton.
Dalton leads on 7 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Dalton sits #36 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Amarillo is #246/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,238 higher ($60,424 → $61,662). Labor-market size: 113,150 tracked jobs at origin vs 59,390 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Texas 65 (C, #19/51) vs Georgia 68 (C, #10/51). Full state tax and healthcare sub-scores sit in the retirement desk below.
State retirement friendliness
Primary-state scores from PlainRelocate's retirement registry (tax + healthcare + climate composite). Metro pairs use each metro's primary state abbreviation.
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
- Income tax
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA; retirement desk: Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides June 2026