Worcester → Colorado Springs
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Worcester to Colorado Springs is unfavorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 102.5 to 100.7 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $14/mo.
- -$6,435
- BLS median salary lower in Colorado Springs
- 309 to 481
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 12.3:1 to 16.6:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $7,750
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Colorado Springs
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
- - $6K lower median salary
- - Higher violent crime rate
- - Higher student-teacher ratios
- - More environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 102.5 to 100.7 (ratio 0.98), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent barely moves ($1,749 → $1,735); the housing line is not the swing factor on this corridor.
The seven-dimension ledger splits (3 destination wins · 4 origin wins); priorities decide this move. Colorado Springs sits #364 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (bottom third of the corpus). Worcester is #130/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Unfavorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,435 lower ($79,342 → $72,907). Labor-market size: 337,180 tracked jobs at origin vs 304,920 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Massachusetts 45 (F, #48/51) vs Colorado 46 (F, #44/51). 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
- 55
- Property tax
- 65
- Estate tax
- 50
- Healthcare
- 84
- 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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Colorado Springs 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