Lewiston-Auburn → Greenville-Anderson-Greer
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Lewiston-Auburn to Greenville-Anderson-Greer is neutral, depends on priorities: BEA regional price parity goes from 94.7 to 93.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $413/mo.
- +$1,615
- BLS median salary higher in Greenville-Anderson-Greer
- 102 to 439
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.1:1 to 14.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,593
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Greenville-Anderson-Greer
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
- + $413/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 94.7 to 93.3 (ratio 0.98), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $413/mo ($4,956/yr) from $1,586 in Lewiston-Auburn to $1,173 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer.
Greenville-Anderson-Greer leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Greenville-Anderson-Greer sits #39 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Lewiston-Auburn is #20/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Neutral, depends on priorities. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,615 higher ($62,617 → $64,232). Labor-market size: 41,990 tracked jobs at origin vs 423,180 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs Maine at 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
- 68
- Property tax
- 60
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 100
- Income tax
- 85
- Property tax
- 87
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 56
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Greenville-Anderson-Greer 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