Port St. Lucie → Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Port St. Lucie to Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 100.2 to 95.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $423/mo.
- +$2,955
- BLS median salary higher in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood
- 210 to 431
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.8:1 to 17.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,061
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood
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
- + $423/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $3K higher median salary
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 100.2 to 95.5 (ratio 0.95), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $423/mo ($5,076/yr) from $1,757 in Port St. Lucie to $1,334 in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood.
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood sits #325 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Port St. Lucie is #306/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,955 higher ($62,013 → $64,968). Labor-market size: 160,790 tracked jobs at origin vs 584,240 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Florida scores 62 (C, #23/51) vs Michigan at 49 (F, #42/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 67
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 12
- Income tax
- 72
- Property tax
- 59
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 16
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood 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