Elkhart-Goshen → St. George
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Elkhart-Goshen to St. George is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 90.3 to 97.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $392/mo.
- -$1,066
- BLS median salary lower in St. George
- 308 to 229
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.9:1 to 21.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
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
- - 7% higher cost of living
- - $392/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 90.3 to 97.3, so the same paycheck buys less in St. George (ratio 1.08). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $392/mo ($4,704/yr) from $1,183 in Elkhart-Goshen to $1,575 in St. George.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (2 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. St. George sits #311 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Elkhart-Goshen is #141/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,066 lower ($59,976 → $58,910). Labor-market size: 122,290 tracked jobs at origin vs 83,630 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Indiana scores 62 (C, #24/51) 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
- 72
- Property tax
- 69
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 32
- 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).
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St. George 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