Florence-Muscle Shoals → Odessa
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Florence-Muscle Shoals to Odessa is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 84.8 to 93.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $595/mo.
- +$8,055
- BLS median salary higher in Odessa
- 376 to 395
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.7:1 to 14.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $670
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Odessa
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
- + $8K higher median salary
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - 9% higher cost of living
- - $595/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 84.8 to 93.9, so the same paycheck buys less in Odessa (ratio 1.11). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $595/mo ($7,140/yr) from $1,000 in Florence-Muscle Shoals to $1,595 in Odessa.
Florence-Muscle Shoals still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Odessa sits #289 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Florence-Muscle Shoals is #83/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $8,055 higher ($54,891 → $62,946). Labor-market size: 48,280 tracked jobs at origin vs 73,580 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Alabama scores 75 (B, #5/51) vs Texas at 65 (C, #19/51). 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
- 90
- Property tax
- 92
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 20
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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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