Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler → Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler to Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 103.3 to 100.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $19/mo.
- -$1,436
- BLS median salary lower in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
- 429 to 300
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.2:1 to 13.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,710
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
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
- + 3% lower cost of living
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 103.3 to 100.1 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,839 → $1,820); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell sits #277 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler is #357/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,436 lower ($73,543 → $72,107). Labor-market size: 2,342,930 tracked jobs at origin vs 2,837,930 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Georgia scores 68 (C, #10/51) vs Arizona at 53 (D, #37/51). 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
- 82
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 22
- Income tax
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell 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