Greeley → Redding
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Greeley to Redding is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 100.2 to 100.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $27/mo.
- +$1,365
- BLS median salary higher in Redding
- 481 to 477
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 16.6:1 to 21.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $5,099
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Redding
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
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 100.2 to 100.7 (ratio 1.01), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,563 → $1,590); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Greeley still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Redding sits #353 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Greeley is #368/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,365 higher ($68,947 → $70,312). Labor-market size: 109,840 tracked jobs at origin vs 65,010 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Colorado 46 (F, #44/51) vs California 40 (F, #50/51). 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
- 90
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 26
- Income tax
- 70
- Property tax
- 72
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 4
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
Enter your current salary in Greeley to see what you'd need to earn in Redding to maintain the same purchasing power.
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