Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal → Fort Collins-Loveland
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal to Fort Collins-Loveland is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 98.0 to 101.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $84/mo.
- +$10,273
- BLS median salary higher in Fort Collins-Loveland
- 439 to 481
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.3:1 to 16.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $5,089
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Fort Collins-Loveland
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
- + $84/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $10K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - 3% higher cost of living
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 98.0 to 101.1 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $84/mo ($1,008/yr) from $1,816 in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal to $1,732 in Fort Collins-Loveland.
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Fort Collins-Loveland sits #371 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal is #183/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $10,273 higher ($63,019 → $73,292). Labor-market size: 77,390 tracked jobs at origin vs 149,520 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs Colorado at 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
- 85
- Property tax
- 87
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 56
- 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).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
Enter your current salary in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal to see what you'd need to earn in Fort Collins-Loveland to maintain the same purchasing power.
Fort Collins-Loveland 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