Grand Forks → Spartanburg
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Grand Forks to Spartanburg is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 86.7 to 91.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $98/mo.
- -$3,194
- BLS median salary lower in Spartanburg
- 257 to 439
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 to 14.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,193
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Spartanburg
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
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - 4% higher cost of living
- - $98/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $3K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 86.7 to 91.1, so the same paycheck buys less in Spartanburg (ratio 1.05). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $98/mo ($1,176/yr) from $1,089 in Grand Forks to $1,187 in Spartanburg.
Grand Forks still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Spartanburg sits #13 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Grand Forks is #1/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $3,194 lower ($66,228 → $63,034). Labor-market size: 46,030 tracked jobs at origin vs 158,460 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs North Dakota at 69 (C, #9/51). 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
- 85
- Property tax
- 87
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 56
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Spartanburg 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