Jacksonville → Green Bay
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Jacksonville to Green Bay is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 99.5 to 93.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $61/mo.
- -$2,103
- BLS median salary lower in Green Bay
- 210 to 280
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.8:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $751
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Green Bay
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
- + 6% lower cost of living
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - $61/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $2K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 99.5 to 93.1, so each dollar covers more in Green Bay (ratio 0.94). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $61/mo ($732/yr) from $1,103 in Jacksonville to $1,164 in Green Bay.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Green Bay sits #72 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Jacksonville is #180/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,103 lower ($67,763 → $65,660). Labor-market size: 749,800 tracked jobs at origin vs 166,980 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Florida 62 (C, #23/51) vs Wisconsin 57 (D, #32/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 56
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 40
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 Jacksonville to see what you'd need to earn in Green Bay 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