Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers → Erie
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers to Erie is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 91.4 to 91.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $135/mo.
- +$79
- BLS median salary higher in Erie
- 580 to 250
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 13.6:1 to 13.6:1
- 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
- + $135/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 91.4 to 91.0 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $135/mo ($1,620/yr) from $1,347 in Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers to $1,212 in Erie.
Erie leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Erie sits #85 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers is #157/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $79 higher ($59,645 → $59,724). Labor-market size: 257,840 tracked jobs at origin vs 113,330 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Arkansas scores 74 (B, #6/51) vs Pennsylvania at 65 (C, #18/51). 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
- 75
- Property tax
- 78
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 68
- Income tax
- 95
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 72
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