Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington → Naples-Marco Island
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington to Naples-Marco Island is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 103.1 to 103.2 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $55/mo.
- -$6,216
- BLS median salary lower in Naples-Marco Island
- 395 to 210
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.7:1 to 17.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,939
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Naples-Marco Island
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
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $55/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $6K lower median salary
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 103.1 to 103.2 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $55/mo ($660/yr) from $1,931 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington to $1,986 in Naples-Marco Island.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Naples-Marco Island sits #305 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is #351/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,216 lower ($73,476 → $67,260). Labor-market size: 4,019,090 tracked jobs at origin vs 162,820 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Texas 65 (C, #19/51) vs Florida 62 (C, #23/51). 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
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Naples-Marco Island 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