Decatur → Staunton-Stuarts Draft
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Decatur to Staunton-Stuarts Draft is neutral, depends on priorities: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.4 to 91.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $198/mo.
- -$2,526
- BLS median salary lower in Staunton-Stuarts Draft
- 277 to 223
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14:1 to 13.9:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,850
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Staunton-Stuarts Draft
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
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $198/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $3K lower median salary
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 88.4 to 91.1 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $198/mo ($2,376/yr) from $1,063 in Decatur to $1,261 in Staunton-Stuarts Draft.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Staunton-Stuarts Draft sits #102 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Decatur is #27/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Neutral, depends on priorities. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,526 lower ($65,802 → $63,276). Labor-market size: 36,440 tracked jobs at origin vs 42,170 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Illinois 58 (D, #31/51) vs Virginia 64 (C, #20/51). 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
- 95
- Property tax
- 46
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 46
- Income tax
- 78
- Property tax
- 71
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 62
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 Decatur to see what you'd need to earn in Staunton-Stuarts Draft to maintain the same purchasing power.
Staunton-Stuarts Draft 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