Minot → Greenville-Anderson-Greer
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Pros of Moving
- + $3K higher median salary
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - 6% higher cost of living
- - $173/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Moving from Minot to Greenville-Anderson-Greer shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 87.0 to 93.3 (100 = US average), so a Minot salary needs to be multiplied by 1.07 to hold the same purchasing power in Greenville-Anderson-Greer. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,000/month in Minot to $1,173/month in Greenville-Anderson-Greer - a higher monthly bill of $173, or $2,076/year. That rent delta alone is often the single biggest line item when relocating.
Wages tell the other half. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report a median salary of $61,219 in Minot versus $64,232 in Greenville-Anderson-Greer - a raw gap of $3,013 higher. The Greenville-Anderson-Greer labor market has 423,180 tracked jobs against 28,000 in Minot, shaping how easy it is to find a comparable role. Combine that with the cost-of-living shift above and you get the real purchasing-power delta, sometimes a "higher salary" is actually a pay cut once rent and RPP are applied.
Safety, schools, and childcare round out the move. FBI UCR violent crime rates near Minot and Greenville-Anderson-Greer are 257 and 439 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 11.8:1 at origin versus 14.3:1 at destination. DOL center-based infant care costs $10,925/year in Minot versus $7,732/year in Greenville-Anderson-Greer. Our composite verdict - Unfavorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.
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Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026
Data Sources
- Cost of Living: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Price Parities
- Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR)
- Wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES)
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) - state level
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
- Childcare: Department of Labor (DOL) - state level
- Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.