St. Cloud → Harrisburg-Carlisle
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from St. Cloud to Harrisburg-Carlisle is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 87.6 to 98.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $287/mo.
- -$5,798
- BLS median salary lower in Harrisburg-Carlisle
- 259 to 250
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 15.8:1 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
- + Better student-teacher ratios
Cons of Moving
- - 11% higher cost of living
- - $287/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - $6K lower median salary
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 87.6 to 98.7, so the same paycheck buys less in Harrisburg-Carlisle (ratio 1.13). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $287/mo ($3,444/yr) from $1,206 in St. Cloud to $1,493 in Harrisburg-Carlisle.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (2 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Harrisburg-Carlisle sits #270 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). St. Cloud is #40/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $5,798 lower ($72,671 → $66,873). Labor-market size: 96,960 tracked jobs at origin vs 327,450 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Pennsylvania scores 65 (C, #18/51) vs Minnesota at 49 (F, #43/51). 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
- 60
- Property tax
- 62
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 34
- 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).
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Harrisburg-Carlisle 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