Where Should You Move Next?
Living in USA Today is a relocation decision platform built to help movers compare states, cities, housing, jobs, schools, taxes, climate, and daily life in the order real moves get decided.
Start With the Right Hub
- Browse all states when you need the fastest path into overview, pros and cons, housing, jobs, schools, and daily-life guides.
- Browse city guides when two or three states already survive the shortlist and city choice is the real decision left.
- Browse regional guides when the move is centering on a county, coast, valley, metro area, or suburb belt instead of one city.
- Use the decision hub when you want a guided route from rankings into the exact guide stack to open next.
Compare, Rank, and Estimate
- State Comparison Calculator when two states look close and the tradeoffs need to be put side by side.
- Cost of Living Calculator when housing, taxes, and paycheck math need to settle the shortlist.
- Best States with No Income Tax when tax drag is the first elimination filter.
- Cheapest States to Live when the move must start from affordability.
- Sunniest States in the US when climate comfort comes before everything else.
Use the Decision Stack
- Open Pros & Cons to decide whether a state belongs on the shortlist at all.
- Open Housing Market and Job Market next to test whether the move still works on money and opportunity.
- Open Schools and Daily Life after the numbers work, so the move also survives family fit and everyday routine.
All US States Data Hub
- Alabama Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 2%-5%)
- Alaska Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- Arizona Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 2.50% (Flat))
- Arkansas Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%-3.9%)
- California Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1.00% - 13.30%)
- Colorado Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 4.55%)
- Connecticut Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3%-6.99%)
- Delaware Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 2.2%-6.6%)
- Florida Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- Georgia Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1%-5.75%)
- Hawaii Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1.4%-11%)
- Idaho Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 5.8%)
- Illinois Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 4.95%)
- Indiana Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3.23%-3.99%)
- Iowa Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 4.4%)
- Kansas Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3.1%-5.58%)
- Kentucky Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 5%-6%)
- Louisiana Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 2%-6%)
- Maine Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 5.8%-7.15%)
- Maryland Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 2%-5.75%)
- Massachusetts Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 5%-9%)
- Michigan Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 4.25%)
- Minnesota Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 5.35%-9.85%)
- Mississippi Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%-5%)
- Missouri Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1.5%-5.4%)
- Montana Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1%-6.9%)
- Nebraska Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 2.46%-6.84%)
- Nevada Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- New Hampshire Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- New Jersey Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1%-10.75%)
- New Mexico Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1.7%-5.9%)
- New York Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 4%-10.9%)
- North Carolina Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 5.25%)
- North Dakota Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 1.1%-2.9%)
- Ohio Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%-4.797%)
- Oklahoma Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0.25%-4.75%)
- Oregon Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 4.75%-9.9%)
- Pennsylvania Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3.07%)
- Rhode Island Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3.75%-5.99%)
- South Carolina Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%-6.2%)
- South Dakota Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- Tennessee Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- Texas Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- Utah Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 4.65%)
- Vermont Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3.55%-8.75%)
- Virginia Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 2%-5.75%)
- Washington Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
- West Virginia Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3%-6.5%)
- Wisconsin Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 3.54%-7.65%)
- Wyoming Relocation Guide (Income Tax: 0%)
Sources & Methodology
How to read the homepage responsibly
Page provenance
- Published: 2026-05-02
- Last reviewed: 2026-05-02
- Data last refreshed: 2026-05-02
- Author: Living in USA Today Editorial Team
- Reviewer: Living in USA Today Editorial Team
Methodology
This page for the homepage is maintained inside the shared relocation build pipeline. It is written to help users navigate decision paths, not to replace the underlying state, city, or regional guides.
Coverage and limits
The homepage currently links into 50 approved states, 796 approved cities, and 100 approved regional guides.
Source status
Source coverage is maintained at the page level when a direct dataset or public reference is available.
Verify before acting
- Use the homepage as a research layer, then open the deeper guide that matches the real decision.
- Verify volatile claims again before acting on taxes, housing costs, legal rules, or deadlines.
- Prefer direct agency and dataset sources when a move depends on one number being correct.