Elizabethtown → Sheboygan
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Elizabethtown to Sheboygan is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 90.6 to 94.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $60/mo.
- +$6,958
- BLS median salary higher in Sheboygan
- 225 to 280
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.2:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,018
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Sheboygan
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
- + $7K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - 3% higher cost of living
- - $60/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 90.6 to 94.0 (ratio 1.04), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $60/mo ($720/yr) from $1,056 in Elizabethtown to $1,116 in Sheboygan.
Elizabethtown still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Sheboygan sits #51 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Elizabethtown is #64/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,958 higher ($60,619 → $67,577). Labor-market size: 46,020 tracked jobs at origin vs 54,200 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Kentucky scores 68 (C, #11/51) vs Wisconsin at 57 (D, #32/51). 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
- 73
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 38
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 56
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 40
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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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