Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh → Vallejo
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh to Vallejo is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 109.4 to 108.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $199/mo.
- +$6,220
- BLS median salary higher in Vallejo
- 380 to 477
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 to 21.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,051
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Vallejo
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
- + $6K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - $199/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 109.4 to 108.5 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $199/mo ($2,388/yr) from $1,979 in Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh to $2,178 in Vallejo.
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Vallejo sits #355 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh is #333/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,220 higher ($75,340 → $81,560). Labor-market size: 258,260 tracked jobs at origin vs 134,880 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: New York 46 (F, #46/51) vs California 40 (F, #50/51). 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
- 70
- Property tax
- 72
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 4
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