($1,408) Movers From Greenville, SC to Stockton, CA

What to know before moving from Greenville to Stockton

Moving from Greenville to Stockton comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Stockton is generally more expensive than Greenville, it’s important to plan ahead and budget carefully for the change.

Check out how the two cities compare so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Stockton are 14% higher than in Greenville, which means you’ll have less money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Greenville.
  Home prices in Stockton are 37.9% higher than in Greenville.
• Income in Stockton is 11.2% lower than in Greenville, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Stockton include University of the Pacific, The Herrick, and San Joaquin County Office of Education.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Stockton, since the cost of living for a single person in Stockton is 21.9% higher than in Greenville. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Stockton is 7.4% lower than in Greenville.
• The unemployment rate in Stockton is 281.48% higher than in Greenville.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Stockton, since the city’s sales taxes in Stockton are 50.00% higher than in Greenville.
• State income taxes in Stockton are 90.00% higher than in Greenville.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $3,657.28 in Stockton to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Greenville.

How life is different in Greenville vs. Stockton

• The population of Stockton is about 354% greater than Greenville, so you may find more to see and do in your new surroundings. Of course, with more people can also come increased competition for jobs and housing.
• Stockton offers better access to buses and trains than Greenville, based on public transportation ratings. Stockton has a transit score of 4 out of 10 compared to 3 in Greenville. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Stockton to be about as walkable as Greenville. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 44 and 43 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• Stockton and Greenville are similarly bike-friendly based on their comparable ratings of 52 and 49 respectively. 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.
• The crime rate in Stockton is higher than in Greenville, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 75.2 in Stockton, it is 38.56 in Greenville. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Stockton. With a crime index of 24.8, Stockton ranks lower in overall safety than Greenville, whose index is Greenville's 61.44. 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 Stockton and Greenville 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.