Charleston → Terre Haute
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Charleston to Terre Haute is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.7 to 87.8 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $225/mo.
- -$4,507
- BLS median salary lower in Terre Haute
- 242 to 308
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 13.1:1 to 15.9:1
- 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
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $225/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $5K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 88.7 to 87.8 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $225/mo ($2,700/yr) from $869 in Charleston to $1,094 in Terre Haute.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (2 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Terre Haute sits #99 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Charleston is #3/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $4,507 lower ($61,861 → $57,354). Labor-market size: 94,760 tracked jobs at origin vs 57,960 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: West Virginia scores 82 (A, #2/51) vs Indiana at 62 (C, #24/51). 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
- 80
- Property tax
- 86
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 64
- Income tax
- 72
- Property tax
- 69
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 32
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Terre Haute 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