Jacksonville → Reno
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Jacksonville to Reno is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 99.5 to 101.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $169/mo.
- -$1,075
- BLS median salary lower in Reno
- 210 to 407
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.8:1 to 20.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $472
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Reno
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
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $169/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 99.5 to 101.0 (ratio 1.02), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $169/mo ($2,028/yr) from $1,103 in Jacksonville to $1,272 in Reno.
Jacksonville still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Reno sits #347 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom 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 $1,075 lower ($67,763 → $66,688). Labor-market size: 749,800 tracked jobs at origin vs 266,130 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Florida scores 62 (C, #23/51) vs Nevada at 53 (D, #39/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 84
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 2
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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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