Yuma → Sheboygan
Relocation analysis based on 7 federal data sources
Should you move?
Moving from Yuma to Sheboygan is strongly favorable: BEA regional price parity goes from 92.7 to 94.0 (US = 100), and HUD 2-bedroom rent falls by $266/mo.
- +$6,790
- BLS median salary higher in Sheboygan
- 429 to 280
- violent crimes per 100K (FBI UCR, state-level)
- 17:1 to 14.4:1
- NCES student-teacher ratio
- $45
- DOL infant care lower / yr in Sheboygan
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
- + $266/mo cheaper rent (2BR)
- + $7K higher median salary
- + Lower violent crime rate
- + Better student-teacher ratios
- + Fewer environmental violations
Purchasing power stays near-even: BEA RPP moves only from 92.7 to 94.0 (ratio 1.01), inside a ±5% band. HUD 2BR Fair Market Rent drops $266/mo ($3,192/yr) from $1,382 in Yuma to $1,116 in Sheboygan.
Sheboygan leads on 6 of 7 federal dimensions, a destination-heavy ledger. Sheboygan sits #51 of 387 metros on PlainRelocate livability (top third of the corpus). Yuma is #308/387 on the same ranking. Composite verdict: Strongly Favorable. Override it with the dimension table below.
BLS OEWS median salary moves $6,790 higher ($60,787 → $67,577). Labor-market size: 61,240 tracked jobs at origin vs 54,200 at destination.
State retirement friendliness is near-even: Arizona 53 (D, #37/51) vs Wisconsin 57 (D, #32/51). 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
- 82
- Property tax
- 80
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 22
- Income tax
- 62
- Property tax
- 56
- Estate tax
- 100
- Healthcare
- 40
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