Lewiston → Greenville-Anderson-Greer
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Lewiston to Greenville-Anderson-Greer is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 91.2 to 93.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $47/mo.
- +$4,966
- BLS median salary higher in Greenville-Anderson-Greer
- 235 to 439
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.1:1 to 14.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $417
- DOL infant care higher / 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
- + $5K higher median salary
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 91.2 to 93.3 (ratio 1.02), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,220 → $1,173); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Greenville-Anderson-Greer sits #39 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Lewiston is #135/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $4,966 higher ($59,266 → $64,232). Labor-market size: 22,910 tracked jobs at origin vs 423,180 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs Idaho at 58 (D, #30/51). 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
- 70
- Property tax
- 76
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 24
- 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