Staunton-Stuarts Draft → Decatur
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Staunton-Stuarts Draft to Decatur is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 91.1 to 88.4 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $198/mo.
- +$2,526
- BLS median salary higher in Decatur
- 223 to 277
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 13.9:1 to 14:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,850
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Decatur
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
- + $198/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $3K higher median salary
Cons of Moving
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More expensive childcare
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 91.1 to 88.4 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $198/mo ($2,376/yr) from $1,261 in Staunton-Stuarts Draft to $1,063 in Decatur.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Decatur sits #27 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Staunton-Stuarts Draft is #102/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,526 higher ($63,276 → $65,802). Labor-market size: 42,170 tracked jobs at origin vs 36,440 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Virginia 64 (C, #20/51) 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
- 78
- Property tax
- 71
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 62
- 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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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