Rochester → Cheyenne
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Rochester to Cheyenne is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 90.8 to 96.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $233/mo.
- -$11,594
- BLS median salary lower in Cheyenne
- 259 to 191
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 to 11.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,220
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Cheyenne
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
- + $233/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - 6% higher cost of living
- - $12K lower median salary
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 90.8 to 96.5, so the same paycheck buys less in Cheyenne (ratio 1.06). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $233/mo ($2,796/yr) from $1,407 in Rochester to $1,174 in Cheyenne.
Cheyenne leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Cheyenne sits #58 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Rochester is #172/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $11,594 lower ($75,687 → $64,093). Labor-market size: 100,480 tracked jobs at origin vs 42,290 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Wyoming scores 77 (B, #4/51) 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
- 60
- Property tax
- 62
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 34
- Income tax
- 100
- Property tax
- 85
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 92
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