Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach → Springfield
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach to Springfield is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 99.4 to 96.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $72/mo.
- +$10,111
- BLS median salary higher in Springfield
- 210 to 309
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.8:1 to 12.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $10,066
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Springfield
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
- + 3% lower cost of living
- + $72/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $10K higher median salary
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 99.4 to 96.1 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $72/mo ($864/yr) from $1,806 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach to $1,734 in Springfield.
Springfield leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Springfield sits #81 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach is #318/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $10,111 higher ($62,306 → $72,417). Labor-market size: 210,520 tracked jobs at origin vs 191,450 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Florida scores 62 (C, #23/51) vs Massachusetts at 45 (F, #48/51). 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
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
- Income tax
- 55
- Property tax
- 65
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 84
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Springfield 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