Visalia → Albany
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Visalia to Albany is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 99.8 to 102.1 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $26/mo.
- -$904
- BLS median salary lower in Albany
- 477 to 335
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 21.5:1 to 17.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $5,281
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Albany
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
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + More affordable childcare
- + Fewer environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 99.8 to 102.1 (ratio 1.02), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,474 → $1,500); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (4 destination wins · 3 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Albany sits #281 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Visalia is #367/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $904 lower ($68,839 → $67,935). Labor-market size: 164,460 tracked jobs at origin vs 42,220 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: California 40 (F, #50/51) vs Oregon 41 (F, #49/51). 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
- 70
- Property tax
- 72
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 4
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 64
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 14
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
Enter your current salary in Visalia to see what you'd need to earn in Albany to maintain the same purchasing power.
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