Augusta-Richmond County → Winston-Salem
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Augusta-Richmond County to Winston-Salem is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 91.9 to 92.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $301/mo.
- -$766
- BLS median salary lower in Winston-Salem
- 300 to 365
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.4:1 to 15.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,896
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Winston-Salem
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
- + $301/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 91.9 to 92.0 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $301/mo ($3,612/yr) from $1,261 in Augusta-Richmond County to $960 in Winston-Salem.
Augusta-Richmond County still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Winston-Salem sits #82 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Augusta-Richmond County is #137/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $766 lower ($64,684 → $63,918). Labor-market size: 219,950 tracked jobs at origin vs 259,100 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Georgia 68 (C, #10/51) vs North Carolina 68 (C, #13/51). 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
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
- Income tax
- 68
- Property tax
- 66
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 30
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Winston-Salem 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