Burlington → Clarksville
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Burlington to Clarksville is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 93.2 to 90.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $2/mo.
- -$1,138
- BLS median salary lower in Clarksville
- 365 to 602
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 to 15.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,627
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Clarksville
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
- - Higher violent crime rate
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 93.2 to 90.9 (ratio 0.98), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,348 → $1,346); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Clarksville leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Clarksville sits #295 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Burlington is #193/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,138 lower ($59,725 → $58,587). Labor-market size: 61,270 tracked jobs at origin vs 95,950 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: North Carolina 68 (C, #13/51) vs Tennessee 66 (C, #17/51). 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
- 68
- Property tax
- 66
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 30
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 36
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Clarksville 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