Gainesville → Janesville-Beloit
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Gainesville to Janesville-Beloit is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 96.8 to 93.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $268/mo.
- +$3,731
- BLS median salary higher in Janesville-Beloit
- 300 to 280
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.4:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,665
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Janesville-Beloit
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
- + 3% lower cost of living
- + $268/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $4K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 96.8 to 93.7 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $268/mo ($3,216/yr) from $1,514 in Gainesville to $1,246 in Janesville-Beloit.
Janesville-Beloit leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Janesville-Beloit sits #124 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Gainesville is #320/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $3,731 higher ($59,789 → $63,520). Labor-market size: 93,210 tracked jobs at origin vs 64,420 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Georgia scores 68 (C, #10/51) vs Wisconsin at 57 (D, #32/51). 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
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 56
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 40
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Janesville-Beloit 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