Sherman-Denison → Lake Havasu City-Kingman
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Sherman-Denison to Lake Havasu City-Kingman is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 93.8 to 94.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $14/mo.
- +$67
- BLS median salary higher in Lake Havasu City-Kingman
- 395 to 429
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.7:1 to 17:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,735
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Lake Havasu City-Kingman
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
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 93.8 to 94.1 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,351 → $1,365); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Sherman-Denison still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Lake Havasu City-Kingman sits #265 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Sherman-Denison is #328/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $67 higher ($57,841 → $57,908). Labor-market size: 45,700 tracked jobs at origin vs 51,040 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Texas scores 65 (C, #19/51) vs Arizona at 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
- 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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Lake Havasu City-Kingman metro profile · Livability rankings · Methodology
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