Louisville/Jefferson County → Brunswick-St. Simons
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Louisville/Jefferson County to Brunswick-St. Simons is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 93.1 to 87.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $21/mo.
- -$10,351
- BLS median salary lower in Brunswick-St. Simons
- 225 to 300
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.2:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $647
- 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
- + 5% lower cost of living
Cons of Moving
- - $10K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 93.1 to 87.7, so each dollar covers more in Brunswick-St. Simons (ratio 0.94). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,272 → $1,293); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Brunswick-St. Simons sits #44 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Louisville/Jefferson County is #194/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $10,351 lower ($66,989 → $56,638). Labor-market size: 667,710 tracked jobs at origin vs 39,810 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Kentucky 68 (C, #11/51) 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
- 72
- Property tax
- 73
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 38
- 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