Walla Walla → Greeley
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Walla Walla to Greeley is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 98.5 to 100.2 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $13/mo.
- -$2,054
- BLS median salary lower in Greeley
- 329 to 481
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17.6:1 to 16.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $3,166
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Greeley
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
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $2K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 98.5 to 100.2 (ratio 1.02), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,550 → $1,563); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Walla Walla still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Greeley sits #368 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Walla Walla is #267/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,054 lower ($71,001 → $68,947). Labor-market size: 19,680 tracked jobs at origin vs 109,840 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Colorado scores 46 (F, #44/51) vs Washington at 38 (F, #51/51). 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
- 63
- Property tax
- 63
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 18
- Income tax
- 80
- Property tax
- 90
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 26
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