Cedar Rapids → Pocatello
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Cedar Rapids to Pocatello is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 89.0 to 88.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $217/mo.
- -$4,001
- BLS median salary lower in Pocatello
- 238 to 235
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.8:1 to 17.1:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $991
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Pocatello
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.
Cons of Moving
- - $217/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $4K lower median salary
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 89.0 to 88.9 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $217/mo ($2,604/yr) from $956 in Cedar Rapids to $1,173 in Pocatello.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Pocatello sits #92 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Cedar Rapids is #31/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $4,001 lower ($63,268 → $59,267). Labor-market size: 133,750 tracked jobs at origin vs 29,080 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Iowa scores 70 (B, #8/51) vs Idaho at 58 (D, #30/51). 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
- 85
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 42
- Income tax
- 70
- Property tax
- 76
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 24
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