Detroit-Warren-Dearborn → Greenville-Anderson-Greer
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Detroit-Warren-Dearborn to Greenville-Anderson-Greer is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 100.3 to 93.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $238/mo.
- -$7,071
- BLS median salary lower in Greenville-Anderson-Greer
- 431 to 439
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.5:1 to 14.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $288
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Greenville-Anderson-Greer
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
- + 7% lower cost of living
- + $238/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $7K lower median salary
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 100.3 to 93.3, so each dollar covers more in Greenville-Anderson-Greer (ratio 0.93). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $238/mo ($2,856/yr) from $1,411 in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn to $1,173 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Greenville-Anderson-Greer sits #39 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Detroit-Warren-Dearborn is #346/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $7,071 lower ($71,303 → $64,232). Labor-market size: 1,883,860 tracked jobs at origin vs 423,180 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs Michigan at 49 (F, #42/51). 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
- 59
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 16
- Income tax
- 85
- Property tax
- 87
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 56
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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