Buffalo-Cheektowaga → Peoria

Moving from Buffalo-Cheektowaga to Peoria shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 95.8 to 91.2 (100 = US average), so a Buffalo-Cheektowaga salary needs to be multiplied by 0.95 to hold the same purchasing power in Peoria. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,343/month in Buffalo-Cheektowaga to $1,039/month in Peoria - a lower monthly bill of $304, or $3,648/year. That rent delta alone is often the single biggest line item when relocating.

Wages tell the other half. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report a median salary of $74,613 in Buffalo-Cheektowaga versus $67,453 in Peoria - a raw gap of $7,160 lower. The Peoria labor market has 158,390 tracked jobs against 524,180 in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, shaping how easy it is to find a comparable role. Combine that with the cost-of-living shift above and you get the real purchasing-power delta, sometimes a "higher salary" is actually a pay cut once rent and RPP are applied.

Safety, schools, and childcare round out the move. FBI UCR violent crime rates near Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Peoria are 380 and 277 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 11.8:1 at origin versus 14:1 at destination. DOL center-based infant care costs $13,869/year in Buffalo-Cheektowaga versus $12,257/year in Peoria. Our composite verdict - Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.