Victoria → Winston-Salem
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Victoria to Winston-Salem is favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 89.8 to 92.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $482/mo.
- +$6,599
- BLS median salary higher in Winston-Salem
- 395 to 365
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 14.7:1 to 15.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,921
- DOL infant care higher / yr in Winston-Salem
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
- + $482/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $7K higher median salary
- + Fewer environmental violations
Cons of Moving
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More expensive childcare
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 89.8 to 92.0 (ratio 1.02), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $482/mo ($5,784/yr) from $1,442 in Victoria to $960 in Winston-Salem.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Winston-Salem sits #82 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Victoria is #255/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,599 higher ($57,319 → $63,918). Labor-market size: 32,970 tracked jobs at origin vs 259,100 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Texas 65 (C, #19/51) vs North Carolina 68 (C, #13/51). 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
- 100
- Property tax
- 55
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 44
- Income tax
- 68
- Property tax
- 66
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 30
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Winston-Salem 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