Kankakee → Rome
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Kankakee to Rome is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 96.4 to 90.2 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $134/mo.
- -$2,123
- BLS median salary lower in Rome
- 277 to 300
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $5,666
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Rome
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
- + $134/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $2K lower median salary
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 96.4 to 90.2, so each dollar covers more in Rome (ratio 0.94). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $134/mo ($1,608/yr) from $1,326 in Kankakee to $1,192 in Rome.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Rome sits #71 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Kankakee is #292/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,123 lower ($61,541 → $59,418). Labor-market size: 36,680 tracked jobs at origin vs 36,420 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Georgia scores 68 (C, #10/51) vs Illinois at 58 (D, #31/51). 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
- 95
- Property tax
- 46
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 46
- Income tax
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
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