Fayetteville → Jackson
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Fayetteville to Jackson is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 92.0 to 89.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $37/mo.
- -$4,933
- BLS median salary lower in Jackson
- 365 to 143
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 to 13.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,989
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Jackson
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
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $5K lower median salary
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 92.0 to 89.0 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,251 → $1,288); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Jackson leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Jackson sits #60 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Fayetteville is #123/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $4,933 lower ($62,837 → $57,904). Labor-market size: 121,490 tracked jobs at origin vs 261,190 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Mississippi scores 89 (A, #1/51) vs North Carolina at 68 (C, #13/51). 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
- 92
- Property tax
- 75
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 76
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