Baltimore-Columbia-Towson → Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Baltimore-Columbia-Towson to Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 104.5 to 93.6 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $392/mo.
- -$18,853
- BLS median salary lower in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach
- 425 to 439
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.5:1 to 14.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $6,899
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach
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
- + 11% lower cost of living
- + $392/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $19K lower median salary
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 104.5 to 93.6, so each dollar covers more in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach (ratio 0.90). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $392/mo ($4,704/yr) from $1,857 in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson to $1,465 in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach sits #103 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Baltimore-Columbia-Towson is #287/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $18,853 lower ($78,184 → $59,331). Labor-market size: 1,317,590 tracked jobs at origin vs 135,370 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs Maryland at 46 (F, #45/51). 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
- 75
- Property tax
- 63
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 52
- Income tax
- 85
- Property tax
- 87
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 56
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach 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