Gainesville → Colorado Springs
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Gainesville to Colorado Springs is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 96.7 to 100.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $242/mo.
- +$10,409
- BLS median salary higher in Colorado Springs
- 210 to 481
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.8:1 to 16.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,316
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Colorado Springs
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
- + $10K higher median salary
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - 4% higher cost of living
- - $242/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More expensive childcare
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 96.7 to 100.7 (ratio 1.04), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $242/mo ($2,904/yr) from $1,493 in Gainesville to $1,735 in Colorado Springs.
Gainesville still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Colorado Springs sits #364 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Gainesville is #269/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $10,409 higher ($62,498 → $72,907). Labor-market size: 134,520 tracked jobs at origin vs 304,920 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Florida scores 62 (C, #23/51) vs Colorado at 46 (F, #44/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
- Income tax
- 80
- Property tax
- 90
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 26
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Colorado Springs 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