($1,433) Movers From Roseville, CA to Olympia, WA

What to know before moving from Roseville to Olympia

Moving from Roseville to Olympia means adjusting to a different pace of life — and a different price tag. On average, it costs significantly more to live in Roseville than in Olympia, making the move an opportunity for many to enjoy a lower cost of living.

Check out how Roseville compares to Olympia so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Olympia are 24% lower than in Roseville, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Olympia.
  Home prices in Olympia are 17.9% lower than in Roseville.
• Income in Olympia is 6.9% lower than in Roseville, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Olympia include Washington State ESD, The Evergreen State College, and Employment Security Department.
• The cost of living for a single person in Olympia is 14.8% lower than in Roseville. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Olympia is 8.5% lower than in Roseville.
• The unemployment rate in Olympia is 7.69% higher than in Roseville.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Olympia, since the city’s sales taxes in Olympia are 21.29% higher than in Roseville.
• One perk of moving to Olympia is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Roseville.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $2,556.51 in Olympia to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Roseville.

How life is different in Roseville vs. Olympia

• Olympia might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 66% less than Roseville.
• Olympia offers better access to buses and trains than Roseville, based on public transportation ratings. Olympia has a transit score of 5 out of 10 compared to 3 in Roseville. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Olympia to be about as walkable as Roseville. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 39 and 38 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• Olympia and Roseville are similarly bike-friendly based on their rating of 59. Bike-friendliness scores between 50 and 100 indicate varying levels of infrastructure to support cyclists, including bike lanes and roadway connectivity. Cities with scores under 50 are considered more car-dependent.
• You can anticipate the same crime rate in Olympia as Roseville. With the crime index, lower scores are better because they indicate less crime. Cities with scores of 20 or below, for example, have much fewer instances of crime than those with scores of 80–100.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Olympia. With a crime index of 62.25, Olympia ranks lower in overall safety than Roseville, whose index is Roseville's 80.11. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Olympia and Roseville is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.