Punta Gorda → Madison
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Punta Gorda to Madison is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 100.5 to 97.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $275/mo.
- +$11,975
- BLS median salary higher in Madison
- 210 to 280
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.8:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $751
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Madison
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
- + $275/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $12K higher median salary
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 100.5 to 97.3 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $275/mo ($3,300/yr) from $1,470 in Punta Gorda to $1,195 in Madison.
Madison leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Madison sits #107 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Punta Gorda is #340/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $11,975 higher ($60,552 → $72,527). Labor-market size: 49,740 tracked jobs at origin vs 399,040 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Florida 62 (C, #23/51) vs Wisconsin 57 (D, #32/51). 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
- 62
- Property tax
- 56
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 40
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