Sherman-Denison → Traverse City
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Sherman-Denison to Traverse City is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 93.8 to 93.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $127/mo.
- +$3,578
- BLS median salary higher in Traverse City
- 395 to 431
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.7:1 to 17.5:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $122
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Traverse City
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
- + $127/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $4K higher median salary
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 93.8 to 93.4 (ratio 1.00), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $127/mo ($1,524/yr) from $1,351 in Sherman-Denison to $1,224 in Traverse City.
Traverse City leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Traverse City sits #264 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Sherman-Denison is #328/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $3,578 higher ($57,841 → $61,419). Labor-market size: 45,700 tracked jobs at origin vs 62,130 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Texas scores 65 (C, #19/51) vs Michigan at 49 (F, #42/51). 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
- 72
- Property tax
- 59
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 16
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
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Traverse City 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