Macon-Bibb County → Hot Springs
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Macon-Bibb County to Hot Springs is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.5 to 85.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $217/mo.
- -$7,380
- BLS median salary lower in Hot Springs
- 300 to 580
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.4:1 to 13.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
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
- + $217/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
Cons of Moving
- - $7K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 88.5 to 85.7 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $217/mo ($2,604/yr) from $1,307 in Macon-Bibb County to $1,090 in Hot Springs.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Hot Springs sits #127 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Macon-Bibb County is #177/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $7,380 lower ($59,229 → $51,849). Labor-market size: 88,060 tracked jobs at origin vs 33,280 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Georgia 68 (C, #10/51) vs Arkansas 74 (B, #6/51). 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
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
- Income tax
- 75
- Property tax
- 78
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 68
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
Enter your current salary in Macon-Bibb County to see what you'd need to earn in Hot Springs to maintain the same purchasing power.
Hot Springs 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