Dubuque → Anniston-Oxford
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Dubuque to Anniston-Oxford is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 87.3 to 85.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $115/mo.
- -$8,639
- BLS median salary lower in Anniston-Oxford
- 238 to 376
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.8:1 to 17.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,410
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Anniston-Oxford
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
- + $115/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $9K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 87.3 to 85.9 (ratio 0.98), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $115/mo ($1,380/yr) from $1,077 in Dubuque to $962 in Anniston-Oxford.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Anniston-Oxford sits #77 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Dubuque is #33/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $8,639 lower ($61,930 → $53,291). Labor-market size: 51,410 tracked jobs at origin vs 37,350 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Iowa 70 (B, #8/51) vs Alabama 75 (B, #5/51). 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
- 85
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 42
- Income tax
- 90
- Property tax
- 92
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 20
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Anniston-Oxford 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