Grand Forks → Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Grand Forks to Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 86.7 to 89.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $58/mo.
- -$9,186
- BLS median salary lower in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway
- 257 to 580
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 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.
Cons of Moving
- - $58/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $9K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 86.7 to 89.4 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $58/mo ($696/yr) from $1,089 in Grand Forks to $1,147 in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway.
Grand Forks still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway sits #206 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (middle third). Grand Forks is #1/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $9,186 lower ($66,228 → $57,042). Labor-market size: 46,030 tracked jobs at origin vs 350,410 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: North Dakota 69 (C, #9/51) vs Arkansas 74 (B, #6/51). 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
- 59
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 94
- Income tax
- 75
- Property tax
- 78
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 68
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway 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