Cheyenne → Pinehurst-Southern Pines
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Cheyenne to Pinehurst-Southern Pines is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 96.5 to 88.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $184/mo.
- -$5,079
- BLS median salary lower in Pinehurst-Southern Pines
- 191 to 365
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.4:1 to 15.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $985
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Pinehurst-Southern Pines
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
- + 8% lower cost of living
Cons of Moving
- - $184/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $5K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 96.5 to 88.3, so each dollar covers more in Pinehurst-Southern Pines (ratio 0.92). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $184/mo ($2,208/yr) from $1,174 in Cheyenne to $1,358 in Pinehurst-Southern Pines.
Cheyenne still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Pinehurst-Southern Pines sits #138 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (middle third). Cheyenne is #58/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $5,079 lower ($64,093 → $59,014). Labor-market size: 42,290 tracked jobs at origin vs 36,690 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Wyoming scores 77 (B, #4/51) vs North Carolina at 68 (C, #13/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 85
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 92
- Income tax
- 68
- Property tax
- 66
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 30
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Pinehurst-Southern Pines 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