Burlington-South Burlington → Bend
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Burlington-South Burlington to Bend is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 100.9 to 103.6 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $755/mo.
- -$8,583
- BLS median salary lower in Bend
- 225 to 335
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.9:1 to 17.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
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
- + $755/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
Cons of Moving
- - $9K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 100.9 to 103.6 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $755/mo ($9,060/yr) from $2,140 in Burlington-South Burlington to $1,385 in Bend.
Burlington-South Burlington still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Bend sits #276 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Burlington-South Burlington is #114/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $8,583 lower ($78,385 → $69,802). Labor-market size: 108,730 tracked jobs at origin vs 102,030 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Vermont scores 54 (D, #36/51) 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
- 65
- Property tax
- 52
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 78
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 64
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 14
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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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