Duluth → Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Duluth to Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.8 to 96.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $498/mo.
- -$2,596
- BLS median salary lower in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
- 259 to 602
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 to 15.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,862
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
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
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - 8% higher cost of living
- - $498/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $3K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 88.8 to 96.3, so the same paycheck buys less in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin (ratio 1.09). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $498/mo ($5,976/yr) from $1,232 in Duluth to $1,730 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin.
Duluth still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin sits #337 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Duluth is #79/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,596 lower ($70,452 → $67,856). Labor-market size: 117,960 tracked jobs at origin vs 1,079,340 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Tennessee scores 66 (C, #17/51) vs Minnesota at 49 (F, #43/51). 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
- 60
- Property tax
- 62
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 34
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 36
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin 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