Dover → St. George
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Dover to St. George is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 97.5 to 97.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $105/mo.
- -$5,484
- BLS median salary lower in St. George
- 368 to 229
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 13.9:1 to 21.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $656
- DOL infant care higher / yr in St. George
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
- + Lower violent crime rate
Cons of Moving
- - $105/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $5K lower median salary
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 97.5 to 97.3 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $105/mo ($1,260/yr) from $1,470 in Dover to $1,575 in St. George.
Dover still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. St. George sits #311 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Dover is #111/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $5,484 lower ($64,394 → $58,910). Labor-market size: 59,250 tracked jobs at origin vs 83,630 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Delaware scores 62 (C, #22/51) vs Utah at 53 (D, #40/51). 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
- 78
- Property tax
- 88
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 60
- Income tax
- 70
- Property tax
- 83
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 0
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 Dover to see what you'd need to earn in St. George to maintain the same purchasing power.
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