Davenport-Moline-Rock Island → Casper
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Davenport-Moline-Rock Island to Casper is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 89.1 to 93.8 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $61/mo.
- -$1,657
- BLS median salary lower in Casper
- 238 to 191
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.8:1 to 11.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $196
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Casper
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
- + $61/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - 5% higher cost of living
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 89.1 to 93.8, so the same paycheck buys less in Casper (ratio 1.05). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $61/mo ($732/yr) from $1,143 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island to $1,082 in Casper.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Casper sits #21 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Davenport-Moline-Rock Island is #78/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,657 lower ($63,304 → $61,647). Labor-market size: 172,000 tracked jobs at origin vs 33,190 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Iowa 70 (B, #8/51) vs Wyoming 77 (B, #4/51). 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
- 85
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 42
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 85
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 92
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 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island to see what you'd need to earn in Casper 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