Bend → Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Bend to Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 103.6 to 99.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $421/mo.
- -$7,496
- BLS median salary lower in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
- 335 to 210
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.6:1 to 17.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,134
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond 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
- + 4% lower cost of living
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $421/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $7K lower median salary
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 103.6 to 99.4 (ratio 0.96), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $421/mo ($5,052/yr) from $1,385 in Bend to $1,806 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach sits #318 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Bend is #276/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $7,496 lower ($69,802 → $62,306). Labor-market size: 102,030 tracked jobs at origin vs 210,520 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Florida scores 62 (C, #23/51) vs Oregon at 41 (F, #49/51). 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
- 62
- Property tax
- 64
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 14
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond 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