Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin → Dothan
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin to Dothan is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 96.3 to 83.8 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $780/mo.
- -$14,889
- BLS median salary lower in Dothan
- 602 to 376
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.3:1 to 17.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $964
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Dothan
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
- + 13% lower cost of living
- + $780/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $15K lower median salary
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 96.3 to 83.8, so each dollar covers more in Dothan (ratio 0.87). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $780/mo ($9,360/yr) from $1,730 in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin to $950 in Dothan.
Dothan leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Dothan sits #67 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin is #337/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $14,889 lower ($67,856 → $52,967). Labor-market size: 1,079,340 tracked jobs at origin vs 54,630 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Alabama scores 75 (B, #5/51) vs Tennessee at 66 (C, #17/51). 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
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 36
- Income tax
- 90
- Property tax
- 92
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 20
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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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