Wildwood-The Villages → Lewiston-Auburn

Moving from Wildwood-The Villages to Lewiston-Auburn shifts your BEA Regional Price Parity from 85.4 to 94.7 (100 = US average), so a Wildwood-The Villages salary needs to be multiplied by 1.11 to hold the same purchasing power in Lewiston-Auburn. On rent, HUD Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom goes from $1,328/month in Wildwood-The Villages to $1,586/month in Lewiston-Auburn - a higher monthly bill of $258, or $3,096/year. That rent delta alone is often the single biggest line item when relocating.

Wages tell the other half. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics report a median salary of $63,776 in Wildwood-The Villages versus $62,617 in Lewiston-Auburn - a raw gap of $1,159 lower. The Lewiston-Auburn labor market has 41,990 tracked jobs against 34,870 in Wildwood-The Villages, shaping how easy it is to find a comparable role. Combine that with the cost-of-living shift above and you get the real purchasing-power delta, sometimes a "higher salary" is actually a pay cut once rent and RPP are applied.

Safety, schools, and childcare round out the move. FBI UCR violent crime rates near Wildwood-The Villages and Lewiston-Auburn are 210 and 102 per 100,000 (state-level). NCES student-teacher ratios run 17.8:1 at origin versus 11.1:1 at destination. DOL center-based infant care costs $10,505/year in Wildwood-The Villages versus $11,325/year in Lewiston-Auburn. Our composite verdict - Favorable - weighs all seven federal sources; the dimension table below lets you override that with your personal priorities.