Pinehurst-Southern Pines → St. Cloud
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Pinehurst-Southern Pines to St. Cloud is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.3 to 87.6 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $152/mo.
- +$13,657
- BLS median salary higher in St. Cloud
- 365 to 259
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 to 15.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,235
- DOL infant care higher / yr in St. Cloud
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
- + $152/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $14K higher median salary
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 88.3 to 87.6 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $152/mo ($1,824/yr) from $1,358 in Pinehurst-Southern Pines to $1,206 in St. Cloud.
St. Cloud leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. St. Cloud sits #40 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Pinehurst-Southern Pines is #138/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $13,657 higher ($59,014 → $72,671). Labor-market size: 36,690 tracked jobs at origin vs 96,960 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: North Carolina scores 68 (C, #13/51) vs Minnesota at 49 (F, #43/51). 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
- 68
- Property tax
- 66
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 30
- Income tax
- 60
- Property tax
- 62
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 34
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