Shreveport-Bossier City → Greenville
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Shreveport-Bossier City to Greenville is neutral, depends on priorities: BEA regional price parity goes from 84.8 to 88.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $16/mo.
- +$4,638
- BLS median salary higher in Greenville
- 410 to 365
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 16.8:1 to 15.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $2,091
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Greenville
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
- + $5K higher median salary
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - 4% higher cost of living
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 84.8 to 88.4 (ratio 1.04), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,111 → $1,095); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Greenville leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Greenville sits #7 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Shreveport-Bossier City is #236/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Neutral, depends on priorities. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $4,638 higher ($57,379 → $62,017). Labor-market size: 154,880 tracked jobs at origin vs 73,420 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Louisiana 67 (C, #15/51) 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
- 78
- Property tax
- 79
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 8
- 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).
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Greenville 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