Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach → St. George
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach to St. George is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 93.6 to 97.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $110/mo.
- -$421
- BLS median salary lower in St. George
- 439 to 229
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.3:1 to 21.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,096
- DOL infant care higher / yr in St. George
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
- + Lower violent crime rate
Cons of Moving
- - 4% higher cost of living
- - $110/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 93.6 to 97.3 (ratio 1.04), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $110/mo ($1,320/yr) from $1,465 in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach to $1,575 in St. George.
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. St. George sits #311 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach is #103/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $421 lower ($59,331 → $58,910). Labor-market size: 135,370 tracked jobs at origin vs 83,630 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs Utah at 53 (D, #40/51). 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
- 85
- Property tax
- 87
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 56
- Income tax
- 70
- Property tax
- 83
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 0
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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St. George 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