Johnson City → Eagle Pass
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Johnson City to Eagle Pass is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 87.9 to 83.8 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $159/mo.
- -$11,109
- BLS median salary lower in Eagle Pass
- 602 to 395
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.3:1 to 14.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $294
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Eagle Pass
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
- + 4% lower cost of living
- + $159/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
Cons of Moving
- - $11K lower median salary
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 87.9 to 83.8 (ratio 0.95), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $159/mo ($1,908/yr) from $1,132 in Johnson City to $973 in Eagle Pass.
Eagle Pass leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Eagle Pass sits #47 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Johnson City is #249/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $11,109 lower ($57,056 → $45,947). Labor-market size: 74,580 tracked jobs at origin vs 10,930 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Tennessee 66 (C, #17/51) vs Texas 65 (C, #19/51). 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
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 36
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Eagle Pass 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