Missoula → Manchester-Nashua
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Missoula to Manchester-Nashua is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 96.4 to 105.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $766/mo.
- +$9,622
- BLS median salary higher in Manchester-Nashua
- 426 to 112
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 11.8:1 to 11.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,468
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Manchester-Nashua
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
- + $10K higher median salary
- + Lower violent crime rate
Cons of Moving
- - 9% higher cost of living
- - $766/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 96.4 to 105.7, so the same paycheck buys less in Manchester-Nashua (ratio 1.10). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $766/mo ($9,192/yr) from $1,361 in Missoula to $2,127 in Manchester-Nashua.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Manchester-Nashua sits #61 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Missoula is #285/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $9,622 higher ($63,132 → $72,754). Labor-market size: 60,010 tracked jobs at origin vs 193,340 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: New Hampshire scores 62 (C, #25/51) vs Montana at 53 (D, #38/51). 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
- 62
- Property tax
- 68
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 82
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 49
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 98
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Manchester-Nashua 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