Minot → Columbus
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Minot to Columbus is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 87.0 to 89.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $88/mo.
- -$2,086
- BLS median salary lower in Columbus
- 257 to 300
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,334
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Columbus
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
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $88/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $2K lower median salary
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 87.0 to 89.3 (ratio 1.03), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $88/mo ($1,056/yr) from $1,000 in Minot to $1,088 in Columbus.
Minot still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Columbus sits #84 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Minot is #2/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,086 lower ($61,219 → $59,133). Labor-market size: 28,000 tracked jobs at origin vs 107,760 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: North Dakota 69 (C, #9/51) 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
- 75
- Property tax
- 59
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 94
- 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
Enter your current salary in Minot to see what you'd need to earn in Columbus to maintain the same purchasing power.
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