Sierra Vista-Douglas → Champaign-Urbana
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Sierra Vista-Douglas to Champaign-Urbana is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 89.2 to 92.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $135/mo.
- +$4,293
- BLS median salary higher in Champaign-Urbana
- 429 to 277
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17:1 to 14:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $956
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Champaign-Urbana
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
- + $135/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $4K higher median salary
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - 3% higher cost of living
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 89.2 to 92.7 (ratio 1.04), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $135/mo ($1,620/yr) from $1,257 in Sierra Vista-Douglas to $1,122 in Champaign-Urbana.
Champaign-Urbana leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Champaign-Urbana sits #65 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Sierra Vista-Douglas is #167/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $4,293 higher ($62,643 → $66,936). Labor-market size: 28,720 tracked jobs at origin vs 94,460 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Arizona 53 (D, #37/51) vs Illinois 58 (D, #31/51). 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
- 82
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 22
- Income tax
- 95
- Property tax
- 46
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 46
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Champaign-Urbana 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