Grand Forks → Williamsport
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Grand Forks to Williamsport is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 86.7 to 92.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $106/mo.
- -$5,947
- BLS median salary lower in Williamsport
- 257 to 250
- 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
- - 6% higher cost of living
- - $106/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $6K lower median salary
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 86.7 to 92.3, so the same paycheck buys less in Williamsport (ratio 1.07). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $106/mo ($1,272/yr) from $1,089 in Grand Forks to $1,195 in Williamsport.
Grand Forks still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Williamsport sits #116 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 $5,947 lower ($66,228 → $60,281). Labor-market size: 46,030 tracked jobs at origin vs 42,720 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: North Dakota 69 (C, #9/51) vs Pennsylvania 65 (C, #18/51). 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
- 95
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 72
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Williamsport 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