Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington → Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington to Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 102.6 to 103.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $121/mo.
- -$784
- BLS median salary lower in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
- 250 to 395
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 13:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
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.
Cons of Moving
- - $121/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 102.6 to 103.1 (ratio 1.01), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $121/mo ($1,452/yr) from $1,810 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington to $1,931 in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington sits #351 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington is #279/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $784 lower ($74,260 → $73,476). Labor-market size: 2,874,190 tracked jobs at origin vs 4,019,090 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Pennsylvania 65 (C, #18/51) vs Texas 65 (C, #19/51). 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
- 95
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 72
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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