Atlantic City-Hammonton → San Angelo
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Atlantic City-Hammonton to San Angelo is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 98.9 to 92.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $528/mo.
- -$18,633
- BLS median salary lower in San Angelo
- 216 to 395
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 to 14.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $8,166
- DOL infant care lower / yr in San Angelo
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
- + 6% lower cost of living
- + $528/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $19K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 98.9 to 92.5, so each dollar covers more in San Angelo (ratio 0.94). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $528/mo ($6,336/yr) from $1,867 in Atlantic City-Hammonton to $1,339 in San Angelo.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. San Angelo sits #312 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Atlantic City-Hammonton is #28/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $18,633 lower ($73,017 → $54,384). Labor-market size: 161,030 tracked jobs at origin vs 43,790 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Texas scores 65 (C, #19/51) vs New Jersey at 54 (D, #34/51). 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
- 70
- Property tax
- 51
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 88
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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San Angelo metro profile · Livability rankings · Methodology
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