Grants Pass → Colorado Springs
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Grants Pass to Colorado Springs is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 97.8 to 100.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $372/mo.
- +$7,683
- BLS median salary higher in Colorado Springs
- 335 to 481
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.6:1 to 16.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $182
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Colorado Springs
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
- + $8K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - $372/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 97.8 to 100.7 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $372/mo ($4,464/yr) from $1,363 in Grants Pass to $1,735 in Colorado Springs.
Grants Pass still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Colorado Springs sits #364 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Grants Pass is #198/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $7,683 higher ($65,224 → $72,907). Labor-market size: 25,220 tracked jobs at origin vs 304,920 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Oregon 41 (F, #49/51) vs Colorado 46 (F, #44/51). 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
- 62
- Property tax
- 64
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 14
- Income tax
- 80
- Property tax
- 90
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 26
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Colorado Springs 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