Glens Falls → Peoria
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Glens Falls to Peoria is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 94.9 to 91.2 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $309/mo.
- +$801
- BLS median salary higher in Peoria
- 380 to 277
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 to 14:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,612
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Peoria
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
- + 4% lower cost of living
- + $309/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 94.9 to 91.2 (ratio 0.96), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $309/mo ($3,708/yr) from $1,348 in Glens Falls to $1,039 in Peoria.
Peoria leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Peoria sits #42 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Glens Falls is #204/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $801 higher ($66,652 → $67,453). Labor-market size: 44,620 tracked jobs at origin vs 158,390 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Illinois scores 58 (D, #31/51) vs New York at 46 (F, #46/51). 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
- 80
- Property tax
- 48
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 96
- Income tax
- 95
- Property tax
- 46
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 46
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