Sioux City → Johnstown
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Sioux City to Johnstown is neutral, depends on priorities: BEA regional price parity goes from 86.5 to 85.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $119/mo.
- -$4,589
- BLS median salary lower in Johnstown
- 238 to 250
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.8:1 to 13.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
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
- + $119/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - $5K lower median salary
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 86.5 to 85.9 (ratio 0.99), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $119/mo ($1,428/yr) from $1,154 in Sioux City to $1,035 in Johnstown.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Johnstown sits #35 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 $4,589 lower ($61,732 → $57,143). Labor-market size: 69,160 tracked jobs at origin vs 42,320 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Iowa 70 (B, #8/51) vs Pennsylvania 65 (C, #18/51). 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
- 95
- Property tax
- 58
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 72
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 Johnstown to maintain the same purchasing power.
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