Lake Havasu City-Kingman → El Paso
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Lake Havasu City-Kingman to El Paso is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 94.1 to 89.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $174/mo.
- -$98
- BLS median salary lower in El Paso
- 429 to 395
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17:1 to 14.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,735
- DOL infant care lower / yr in El Paso
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
- + $174/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 94.1 to 89.9 (ratio 0.96), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $174/mo ($2,088/yr) from $1,365 in Lake Havasu City-Kingman to $1,191 in El Paso.
El Paso leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. El Paso sits #309 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Lake Havasu City-Kingman is #265/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $98 lower ($57,908 → $57,810). Labor-market size: 51,040 tracked jobs at origin vs 331,390 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Texas scores 65 (C, #19/51) vs Arizona at 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
- 82
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 22
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
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