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%)