Kingston → Tucson
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Kingston to Tucson is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 100.7 to 96.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $416/mo.
- -$340
- BLS median salary lower in Tucson
- 380 to 429
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 to 17:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,568
- 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
- + 4% lower cost of living
- + $416/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 100.7 to 96.9 (ratio 0.96), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $416/mo ($4,992/yr) from $1,818 in Kingston to $1,402 in Tucson.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Tucson sits #310 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Kingston is #330/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $340 lower ($66,733 → $66,393). Labor-market size: 52,520 tracked jobs at origin vs 375,520 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: New York 46 (F, #46/51) 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
- 80
- Property tax
- 48
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 96
- 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
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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