Weirton-Steubenville → Alexandria
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Weirton-Steubenville to Alexandria is less favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 89.0 to 85.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent rises by $21/mo.
- -$2,043
- BLS median salary lower in Alexandria
- 242 to 410
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 13.1:1 to 16.8:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $1,578
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Alexandria
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
- + More affordable childcare
Cons of Moving
- - $2K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 89.0 to 85.7 (ratio 0.96), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($973 → $994); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
Weirton-Steubenville still leads on 5 of 7 federal dimensions, the origin keeps the edge. Alexandria sits #113 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Weirton-Steubenville is #17/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Less Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $2,043 lower ($57,318 → $55,275). Labor-market size: 29,900 tracked jobs at origin vs 52,940 at destination.
State retirement friendliness favors staying put: West Virginia scores 82 (A, #2/51) vs Louisiana at 67 (C, #15/51). 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
- 80
- Property tax
- 86
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 64
- Income tax
- 78
- Property tax
- 79
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 8
Full retirement ranking · Source composite documented on methodology (Tax Foundation + AARP tax guides + federal healthcare/climate inputs).
Salary Adjustment Calculator
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Alexandria 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