Lake Charles → Brunswick-St. Simons
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Lake Charles to Brunswick-St. Simons is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 85.9 to 87.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $76/mo.
- -$1,459
- BLS median salary lower in Brunswick-St. Simons
- 410 to 300
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 16.8:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $805
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Brunswick-St. Simons
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
- - $76/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 85.9 to 87.7 (ratio 1.02), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $76/mo ($912/yr) from $1,217 in Lake Charles to $1,293 in Brunswick-St. Simons.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Brunswick-St. Simons sits #44 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Lake Charles is #275/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,459 lower ($58,097 → $56,638). Labor-market size: 93,170 tracked jobs at origin vs 39,810 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Louisiana 67 (C, #15/51) vs Georgia 68 (C, #10/51). 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
- 78
- Property tax
- 79
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 8
- 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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Brunswick-St. Simons metro profile · Livability rankings · Methodology
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