Durham-Chapel Hill → Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Durham-Chapel Hill to Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin is neutral, depends on priorities: BEA regional price parity goes from 97.6 to 96.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $19/mo.
- -$3,601
- BLS median salary lower in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin
- 365 to 602
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 to 15.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,627
- 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
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $4K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 97.6 to 96.3 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,711 → $1,730); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin sits #337 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Durham-Chapel Hill is #216/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Neutral, depends on priorities. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $3,601 lower ($71,457 → $67,856). Labor-market size: 295,700 tracked jobs at origin vs 1,079,340 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: North Carolina 68 (C, #13/51) vs Tennessee 66 (C, #17/51). 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
- 68
- Property tax
- 66
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 30
- 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