Sheboygan → Yuma
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Sheboygan to Yuma is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 94.0 to 92.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $266/mo.
- -$6,790
- BLS median salary lower in Yuma
- 280 to 429
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.4:1 to 17:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $45
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Yuma
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.
Cons of Moving
- - $266/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $7K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 94.0 to 92.7 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $266/mo ($3,192/yr) from $1,116 in Sheboygan to $1,382 in Yuma.
Sheboygan still leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Yuma sits #308 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Sheboygan is #51/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,790 lower ($67,577 → $60,787). Labor-market size: 54,200 tracked jobs at origin vs 61,240 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Wisconsin 57 (D, #32/51) vs Arizona 53 (D, #37/51). 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
- 62
- Property tax
- 56
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 40
- Income tax
- 82
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 22
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