Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler → Gettysburg
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler to Gettysburg is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 103.3 to 95.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $465/mo.
- -$15,067
- BLS median salary lower in Gettysburg
- 429 to 250
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17:1 to 13.6:1
- 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.
Pros of Moving
- + 8% lower cost of living
- + $465/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - $15K lower median salary
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 103.3 to 95.4, so each dollar covers more in Gettysburg (ratio 0.92). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $465/mo ($5,580/yr) from $1,839 in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler to $1,374 in Gettysburg.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 2 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Gettysburg sits #263 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 $15,067 lower ($73,543 → $58,476). Labor-market size: 2,342,930 tracked jobs at origin vs 26,700 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Pennsylvania scores 65 (C, #18/51) 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
- 95
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 72
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Gettysburg 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