Waterbury-Shelton → Bangor
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Waterbury-Shelton to Bangor is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 99.8 to 96.5 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $396/mo.
- -$6,894
- BLS median salary lower in Bangor
- 139 to 102
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 12.1:1 to 11.1:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $5,802
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Bangor
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
- + 3% lower cost of living
- + $396/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $7K lower median salary
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 99.8 to 96.5 (ratio 0.97), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $396/mo ($4,752/yr) from $1,788 in Waterbury-Shelton to $1,392 in Bangor.
Bangor leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Bangor sits #23 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Waterbury-Shelton is #87/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,894 lower ($72,471 → $65,577). Labor-market size: 153,560 tracked jobs at origin vs 66,130 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors the destination: Maine scores 61 (C, #27/51) vs Connecticut at 52 (D, #41/51). 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
- 62
- Property tax
- 50
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 86
- Income tax
- 68
- Property tax
- 60
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 100
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