Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach → Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach to Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 114.2 to 102.6 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $523/mo.
- +$5,935
- BLS median salary higher in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
- 210 to 250
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.8:1 to 13:1
- 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
- + 12% lower cost of living
- + $523/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $6K higher median salary
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 114.2 to 102.6, so each dollar covers more in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington (ratio 0.90). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $523/mo ($6,276/yr) from $2,333 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach to $1,810 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 2 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington sits #279 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach is #361/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $5,935 higher ($68,325 → $74,260). Labor-market size: 2,720,630 tracked jobs at origin vs 2,874,190 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Florida 62 (C, #23/51) vs Pennsylvania 65 (C, #18/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
- Income tax
- 95
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 72
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington 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