Kahului-Wailuku → Tucson
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Kahului-Wailuku to Tucson is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 109.4 to 96.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $1,090/mo.
- -$6,311
- BLS median salary lower in Tucson
- 230 to 429
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.1:1 to 17:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,029
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Tucson
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
- + 12% lower cost of living
- + $1090/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $6K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 109.4 to 96.9, so each dollar covers more in Tucson (ratio 0.89). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $1,090/mo ($13,080/yr) from $2,492 in Kahului-Wailuku to $1,402 in Tucson.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Tucson sits #310 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Kahului-Wailuku is #155/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,311 lower ($72,704 → $66,393). Labor-market size: 67,610 tracked jobs at origin vs 375,520 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Hawaii 56 (D, #33/51) vs Arizona 53 (D, #37/51). 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
- 72
- Property tax
- 96
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 58
- Income tax
- 82
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 22
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 Kahului-Wailuku to see what you'd need to earn in Tucson 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