Pittsfield → Montgomery
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Pittsfield to Montgomery is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 95.1 to 89.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $610/mo.
- -$14,974
- BLS median salary lower in Montgomery
- 309 to 376
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 12.3:1 to 17.7:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $13,675
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Montgomery
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
- + 5% lower cost of living
- + $610/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - $15K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power opens up: BEA RPP falls from 95.1 to 89.7, so each dollar covers more in Montgomery (ratio 0.94). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $610/mo ($7,320/yr) from $1,626 in Pittsfield to $1,016 in Montgomery.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Montgomery sits #101 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Pittsfield is #53/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $14,974 lower ($73,362 → $58,388). Labor-market size: 50,610 tracked jobs at origin vs 157,200 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Alabama scores 75 (B, #5/51) vs Massachusetts at 45 (F, #48/51). 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
- 55
- Property tax
- 65
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 84
- Income tax
- 90
- Property tax
- 92
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 20
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Montgomery 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