St. Joseph → Prescott Valley-Prescott
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from St. Joseph to Prescott Valley-Prescott is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 86.4 to 98.3 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $560/mo.
- +$273
- BLS median salary higher in Prescott Valley-Prescott
- 463 to 429
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 12.8:1 to 17:1
- 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.
Cons of Moving
- - 12% higher cost of living
- - $560/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 86.4 to 98.3, so the same paycheck buys less in Prescott Valley-Prescott (ratio 1.14). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $560/mo ($6,720/yr) from $1,077 in St. Joseph to $1,637 in Prescott Valley-Prescott.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Prescott Valley-Prescott sits #345 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). St. Joseph is #120/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $273 higher ($61,551 → $61,824). Labor-market size: 49,300 tracked jobs at origin vs 65,740 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: Missouri scores 68 (C, #12/51) vs Arizona at 53 (D, #37/51). 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
- 68
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 80
- Income tax
- 82
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 22
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Prescott Valley-Prescott 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