Cleveland → Sioux Falls
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Cleveland to Sioux Falls is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.1 to 90.6 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $260/mo.
- +$9,220
- BLS median salary higher in Sioux Falls
- 602 to 320
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.3:1 to 13.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,265
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Sioux Falls
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
- + $260/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $9K higher median salary
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 88.1 to 90.6 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $260/mo ($3,120/yr) from $1,233 in Cleveland to $973 in Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Sioux Falls sits #26 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Cleveland is #280/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $9,220 higher ($54,703 → $63,923). Labor-market size: 36,510 tracked jobs at origin vs 169,190 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Tennessee 66 (C, #17/51) vs South Dakota 73 (B, #7/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 64
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 70
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Sioux Falls 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