Lafayette-West Lafayette → Bangor
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Lafayette-West Lafayette to Bangor is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 93.4 to 96.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $150/mo.
- +$1,592
- BLS median salary higher in Bangor
- 308 to 102
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.9:1 to 11.1:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
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
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - 3% higher cost of living
- - $150/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 93.4 to 96.5 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $150/mo ($1,800/yr) from $1,242 in Lafayette-West Lafayette to $1,392 in Bangor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 2 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Bangor sits #23 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Lafayette-West Lafayette is #225/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,592 higher ($63,985 → $65,577). Labor-market size: 90,750 tracked jobs at origin vs 66,130 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Indiana 62 (C, #24/51) vs Maine 61 (C, #27/51). 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
- 69
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 32
- Income tax
- 68
- Property tax
- 60
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 100
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 Lafayette-West Lafayette to see what you'd need to earn in Bangor 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