Savannah → Asheville
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Savannah to Asheville is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 95.2 to 96.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $113/mo.
- +$1,509
- BLS median salary higher in Asheville
- 300 to 365
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.4:1 to 15.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,896
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Asheville
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
- + $113/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 95.2 to 96.5 (ratio 1.01), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $113/mo ($1,356/yr) from $1,680 in Savannah to $1,567 in Asheville.
Savannah still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Asheville sits #262 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Savannah is #243/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $1,509 higher ($62,840 → $64,349). Labor-market size: 180,810 tracked jobs at origin vs 172,630 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Georgia 68 (C, #10/51) vs North Carolina 68 (C, #13/51). 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
- 68
- Property tax
- 66
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 30
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