Cincinnati → Goldsboro
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Cincinnati to Goldsboro is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 95.4 to 88.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $109/mo.
- -$14,994
- BLS median salary lower in Goldsboro
- 293 to 365
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 18.2:1 to 15.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,304
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Goldsboro
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
- + 7% lower cost of living
- + $109/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $15K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 95.4 to 88.5, so each dollar covers more in Goldsboro (ratio 0.93). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $109/mo ($1,308/yr) from $1,353 in Cincinnati to $1,244 in Goldsboro.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Goldsboro sits #86 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Cincinnati is #294/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $14,994 lower ($71,458 → $56,464). Labor-market size: 1,092,010 tracked jobs at origin vs 34,170 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: North Carolina scores 68 (C, #13/51) vs Ohio at 59 (D, #29/51). 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
- 72
- Property tax
- 57
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 10
- 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).
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