Sumter → Hinesville
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Sumter to Hinesville is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 88.0 to 93.9 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $130/mo.
- -$870
- BLS median salary lower in Hinesville
- 439 to 300
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.3:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,141
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Hinesville
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
Cons of Moving
- - 6% higher cost of living
- - $130/mo more expensive rent (2BR)
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power tightens: BEA RPP rises from 88.0 to 93.9, so the same paycheck buys less in Hinesville (ratio 1.07). HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent rises $130/mo ($1,560/yr) from $1,276 in Sumter to $1,406 in Hinesville.
Sumter still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Hinesville sits #274 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Sumter is #11/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $870 lower ($56,027 → $55,157). Labor-market size: 28,110 tracked jobs at origin vs 14,320 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: South Carolina scores 80 (A, #3/51) vs Georgia at 68 (C, #10/51). 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
- 87
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 56
- Income tax
- 88
- Property tax
- 74
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 48
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