Bloomington → New Orleans-Metairie
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Bloomington to New Orleans-Metairie is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 93.5 to 92.6 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $29/mo.
- -$1,449
- BLS median salary lower in New Orleans-Metairie
- 277 to 410
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14:1 to 16.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,861
- DOL infant care lower / yr in New Orleans-Metairie
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
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 93.5 to 92.6 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,302 → $1,331); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Bloomington still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. New Orleans-Metairie sits #297 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Bloomington is #143/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,449 lower ($66,137 → $64,688). Labor-market size: 70,320 tracked jobs at origin vs 428,400 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Louisiana scores 67 (C, #15/51) vs Illinois at 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
- 95
- Property tax
- 46
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 46
- Income tax
- 78
- Property tax
- 79
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 8
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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New Orleans-Metairie 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