Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek → Carson City
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek to Carson City is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 92.7 to 98.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $273/mo.
- -$2,024
- BLS median salary lower in Carson City
- 293 to 407
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 18.2:1 to 20.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,758
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Carson City
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
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - 5% higher cost of living
- - $273/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $2K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 92.7 to 98.1, so the same paycheck buys less in Carson City (ratio 1.06). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $273/mo ($3,276/yr) from $1,273 in Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek to $1,546 in Carson City.
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Carson City sits #356 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek is #200/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,024 lower ($68,046 → $66,022). Labor-market size: 365,260 tracked jobs at origin vs 25,810 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Ohio 59 (D, #29/51) vs Nevada 53 (D, #39/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 84
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 2
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Carson City 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