Beaumont-Port Arthur → Decatur
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Beaumont-Port Arthur to Decatur is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 90.0 to 88.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $40/mo.
- +$1,320
- BLS median salary higher in Decatur
- 395 to 277
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.7:1 to 14:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,691
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Decatur
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
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 90.0 to 88.4 (ratio 0.98), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,103 → $1,063); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Decatur leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Decatur sits #27 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Beaumont-Port Arthur is #139/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,320 higher ($64,482 → $65,802). Labor-market size: 154,920 tracked jobs at origin vs 36,440 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Texas 65 (C, #19/51) vs Illinois 58 (D, #31/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
- Income tax
- 95
- Property tax
- 46
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 46
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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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