Sioux City → Gulfport-Biloxi
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Sioux City to Gulfport-Biloxi is neutral, depends on priorities: BEA regional price parity goes from 86.5 to 90.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $14/mo.
- -$3,213
- BLS median salary lower in Gulfport-Biloxi
- 238 to 143
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.8:1 to 13.3:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,808
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Gulfport-Biloxi
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
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - 4% higher cost of living
- - $3K lower median salary
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 86.5 to 90.0 (ratio 1.04), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,154 → $1,140); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Gulfport-Biloxi sits #48 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Sioux City is #76/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Neutral, depends on priorities. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $3,213 lower ($61,732 → $58,519). Labor-market size: 69,160 tracked jobs at origin vs 149,220 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Mississippi scores 89 (A, #1/51) vs Iowa at 70 (B, #8/51). 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
- 85
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 42
- Income tax
- 92
- Property tax
- 75
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 76
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
Enter your current salary in Sioux City to see what you'd need to earn in Gulfport-Biloxi to maintain the same purchasing power.
Gulfport-Biloxi 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