Denver-Aurora-Centennial → Carson City
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Denver-Aurora-Centennial to Carson City is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 105.8 to 98.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $543/mo.
- -$12,497
- BLS median salary lower in Carson City
- 481 to 407
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 16.6:1 to 20.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,788
- 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
- + 8% lower cost of living
- + $543/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $12K lower median salary
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 105.8 to 98.1, so each dollar covers more in Carson City (ratio 0.93). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $543/mo ($6,516/yr) from $2,089 in Denver-Aurora-Centennial to $1,546 in Carson City.
Carson City leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Carson City sits #356 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Denver-Aurora-Centennial is #377/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $12,497 lower ($78,519 → $66,022). Labor-market size: 1,580,940 tracked jobs at origin vs 25,810 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Colorado 46 (F, #44/51) 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
- 80
- Property tax
- 90
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 26
- 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).
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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