Chico → Eugene-Springfield
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Chico to Eugene-Springfield is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 101.2 to 101.6 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $63/mo.
- +$1,000
- BLS median salary higher in Eugene-Springfield
- 477 to 335
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 21.5:1 to 17.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $5,281
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Eugene-Springfield
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
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $63/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 101.2 to 101.6 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $63/mo ($756/yr) from $1,625 in Chico to $1,688 in Eugene-Springfield.
Eugene-Springfield leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Eugene-Springfield sits #319 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Chico is #363/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,000 higher ($69,223 → $70,223). Labor-market size: 70,590 tracked jobs at origin vs 150,180 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: California 40 (F, #50/51) vs Oregon 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
- 70
- Property tax
- 72
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 4
- 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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Eugene-Springfield 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