($1,529) Movers From Amarillo, TX to Roseville, CA

What to know before moving from Amarillo to Roseville

Moving from Amarillo to Roseville comes with exciting new opportunities — but also higher living costs. Since Roseville is generally more expensive than Amarillo, 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 Roseville are 108% higher than in Amarillo, 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 Amarillo.
  Home prices in Roseville are 219.5% higher than in Amarillo.
• Income in Roseville is 16.5% higher than in Amarillo, so you could earn more for doing the same job. The top employers in Roseville include New Vision Display, International Display Works, and Trc Group.
• Be sure to budget for higher bills in Roseville, since the cost of living for a single person in Roseville is 51.9% higher than in Amarillo. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• If you’re moving your family to Roseville, keep in mind that your living expenses could increase. The cost of living for a family in Roseville is 24.8% higher than in Amarillo.
• The unemployment rate in Roseville is 6.12% higher than in Amarillo.
• You’ll spend less on retail and restaurants in Roseville, since the city’s sales taxes in Roseville are 6.06% lower than in Amarillo.
• State income taxes in Roseville are 13.30% higher than in Amarillo.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $4,555.73 in Roseville to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Amarillo.

How life is different in Amarillo vs. Roseville

• Roseville might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 47% less than Amarillo.
• Roseville offers better access to buses and trains than Amarillo, based on public transportation ratings. Roseville has a transit score of 3 out of 10 compared to 2 in Amarillo. The higher the score, the more public transportation pickup and dropoff locations a city provides.
• You’ll find Roseville to be about as walkable as Amarillo. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 38 and 40 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• If cycling is your thing, Roseville is considered more bike-friendly than Amarillo in terms of designated lanes and connectivity and how many residents opt to commute on two wheels rather than by car. Roseville has a bike-friendliness score of 59 out of 100, while Amarillo is rated as 42 out of 100.
• You can anticipate the same crime rate in Roseville as Amarillo. 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 might find more confidence in your overall safety in Roseville than in Amarillo, based on Roseville’s safety index of 80.11 versus 74.69 for Amarillo. With this index, higher scores indicate more safety, particularly around how comfortable residents feel walking alone during the day and at night.
• The air quality in Roseville and Amarillo 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.