Barnstable Town → Vallejo
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Barnstable Town to Vallejo is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 98.4 to 108.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $244/mo.
- +$5,253
- BLS median salary higher in Vallejo
- 309 to 477
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 12.3:1 to 21.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,651
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Vallejo
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
- + $244/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $5K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - 10% higher cost of living
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 98.4 to 108.5, so the same paycheck buys less in Vallejo (ratio 1.10). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $244/mo ($2,928/yr) from $2,422 in Barnstable Town to $2,178 in Vallejo.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Vallejo sits #355 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Barnstable Town is #97/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $5,253 higher ($76,307 → $81,560). Labor-market size: 87,090 tracked jobs at origin vs 134,880 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Massachusetts 45 (F, #48/51) vs California 40 (F, #50/51). 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
- 55
- Property tax
- 65
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 84
- Income tax
- 70
- Property tax
- 72
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 4
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
Enter your current salary in Barnstable Town to see what you'd need to earn in Vallejo to maintain the same purchasing power.
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