Cleveland → Jonesboro
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Cleveland to Jonesboro is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.1 to 85.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $193/mo.
- +$709
- BLS median salary higher in Jonesboro
- 602 to 580
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.3:1 to 13.6:1
- 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
- + $193/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 88.1 to 85.9 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $193/mo ($2,316/yr) from $1,233 in Cleveland to $1,040 in Jonesboro.
Jonesboro leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Jonesboro sits #74 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Cleveland is #280/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $709 higher ($54,703 → $55,412). Labor-market size: 36,510 tracked jobs at origin vs 55,350 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Arkansas scores 74 (B, #6/51) vs Tennessee at 66 (C, #17/51). 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
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 36
- Income tax
- 75
- Property tax
- 78
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 68
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
Enter your current salary in Cleveland to see what you'd need to earn in Jonesboro to maintain the same purchasing power.
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