Kenosha → Gettysburg
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Pros of Moving
- + 6% lower cost of living
Cons of Moving
- - $10K lower median salary
- - More environmental violations
Moving from Kenosha to Gettysburg shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 101.1 to 95.4 (100 = US average), so a Kenosha salary needs to be multiplied by 0.94 to hold the same purchasing power in Gettysburg. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,402/month in Kenosha to $1,374/month in Gettysburg - a lower monthly bill of $28, or $336/year. That rent delta alone is often the single biggest line item when relocating.
Wages tell the other half. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report a median salary of $68,406 in Kenosha versus $58,476 in Gettysburg - a raw gap of $9,930 lower. The Gettysburg labor market has 26,700 tracked jobs against 69,670 in Kenosha, shaping how easy it is to find a comparable role. Combine that with the cost-of-living shift above and you get the real purchasing-power delta, sometimes a "higher salary" is actually a pay cut once rent and RPP are applied.
Safety, schools, and childcare round out the move. FBI UCR violent crime rates near Kenosha and Gettysburg are 280 and 250 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 14.4:1 at origin versus 13.6:1 at destination. Our composite verdict - Less Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.
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Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026
Data Sources
- Cost of Living: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Price Parities
- Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR)
- Wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES)
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) - state level
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Childcare: Department of Labor (DOL) - state level
- Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.