Fayetteville → Cape Coral-Fort Myers
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Fayetteville to Cape Coral-Fort Myers is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 92.0 to 102.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $710/mo.
- +$1,854
- BLS median salary higher in Cape Coral-Fort Myers
- 365 to 210
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 to 17.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,018
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Cape Coral-Fort Myers
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
- - 10% higher cost of living
- - $710/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 92.0 to 102.3, so the same paycheck buys less in Cape Coral-Fort Myers (ratio 1.11). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $710/mo ($8,520/yr) from $1,251 in Fayetteville to $1,961 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Cape Coral-Fort Myers sits #303 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Fayetteville is #123/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,854 higher ($62,837 → $64,691). Labor-market size: 121,490 tracked jobs at origin vs 293,750 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: North Carolina 68 (C, #13/51) vs Florida 62 (C, #23/51). 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
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Cape Coral-Fort Myers 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