Beckley → Daphne-Fairhope-Foley
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Beckley to Daphne-Fairhope-Foley is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.4 to 94.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $430/mo.
- -$1,333
- BLS median salary lower in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley
- 242 to 376
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 13.1:1 to 17.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,078
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley
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
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - 6% higher cost of living
- - $430/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 88.4 to 94.7, so the same paycheck buys less in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley (ratio 1.07). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $430/mo ($5,160/yr) from $915 in Beckley to $1,345 in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley.
Beckley still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Daphne-Fairhope-Foley sits #296 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Beckley is #10/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,333 lower ($56,994 → $55,661). Labor-market size: 37,740 tracked jobs at origin vs 79,420 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: West Virginia 82 (A, #2/51) vs Alabama 75 (B, #5/51). 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
- 80
- Property tax
- 86
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 64
- Income tax
- 90
- Property tax
- 92
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 20
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Daphne-Fairhope-Foley 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