Baton Rouge → Great Falls
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Baton Rouge to Great Falls is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 90.8 to 96.8 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $80/mo.
- -$1,368
- BLS median salary lower in Great Falls
- 410 to 426
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 16.8:1 to 11.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,070
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Great Falls
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
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - 6% higher cost of living
- - $80/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 90.8 to 96.8, so the same paycheck buys less in Great Falls (ratio 1.07). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $80/mo ($960/yr) from $1,204 in Baton Rouge to $1,284 in Great Falls.
Baton Rouge still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Great Falls sits #315 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Baton Rouge is #291/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,368 lower ($61,934 → $60,566). Labor-market size: 395,730 tracked jobs at origin vs 31,100 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Louisiana scores 67 (C, #15/51) vs Montana at 53 (D, #38/51). 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
- 78
- Property tax
- 79
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 8
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 68
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 82
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Great Falls 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