Ogden → Provo-Orem-Lehi
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Ogden to Provo-Orem-Lehi is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 100.3 to 98.2 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $154/mo.
- -$1,788
- BLS median salary lower in Provo-Orem-Lehi
- 229 to 229
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 21.4:1 to 21.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $0
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Provo-Orem-Lehi
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
- + $154/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 100.3 to 98.2 (ratio 0.98), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $154/mo ($1,848/yr) from $1,614 in Ogden to $1,460 in Provo-Orem-Lehi.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (2 destination wins · 1 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Provo-Orem-Lehi sits #339 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Ogden is #348/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,788 lower ($65,644 → $63,856). Labor-market size: 262,140 tracked jobs at origin vs 293,200 at destination.
Both metros sit in Utah: state retirement score 53 (D, #40/51) - tax posture does not change with this move. 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
- 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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Provo-Orem-Lehi 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