Savannah → Appleton
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Savannah to Appleton is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 95.2 to 92.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $444/mo.
- +$2,598
- BLS median salary higher in Appleton
- 300 to 280
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.4:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $4,665
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Appleton
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
- + $444/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $3K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 95.2 to 92.4 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $444/mo ($5,328/yr) from $1,680 in Savannah to $1,236 in Appleton.
Appleton leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Appleton sits #46 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Savannah is #243/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,598 higher ($62,840 → $65,438). Labor-market size: 180,810 tracked jobs at origin vs 117,960 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Georgia scores 68 (C, #10/51) vs Wisconsin at 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
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
- 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).
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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