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Free Reality CheckUnderstand how your priorities, needs, concerns, constraints, and tradeoffs may shape the choices ahead.All Tailored ReportsCompare the complete StateMatcher report family.U.S. State MatchIdentify states worth investigating based on your needs and practical constraints.U.S. State Deep DiveExamine one state in greater detail, including important regional differences.U.S. State CompareCompare two serious state options side by side.U.S. State Action PlanTurn a promising destination into a practical investigation and moving plan.
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Location AdvantageSee where a better standard of living and lower cost burdens may create more financial room.Find a JobCompare job demand, realistic wages, licensing, work arrangements, and wage-to-cost ratio across states and metros.Retire in Another StateConsider taxes, healthcare, housing, insurance, climate, family access, and long-term care.Moving with ChildrenPlan around school districts, healthcare, custody, special education, and family life.Health & Ongoing CareInvestigate networks, medications, specialists, accessibility, caregiving, and long-term care.LGBTQ+ RelocationLook beyond statewide law to local safety, healthcare, schools, family recognition, and community.
Personalized U.S. relocation intelligence
A smarter way to choose where you live in the United States.
StateMatcher helps you investigate where your budget, work, healthcare, family needs, climate preferences, safety priorities, and desired way of life may fit best.
Secure account access, questionnaire, payment, report delivery, and fulfillment are provided through FlagSeek.
Independent relocation intelligence. Sponsorships, if any, will never determine rankings or recommendations.
How it works
Start with your real needs. Then investigate the best fits.
Receive a tailored report
Your answers are used to identify promising U.S. states and explain the tradeoffs that matter for your household.
Investigate before deciding
StateMatcher helps you narrow and structure your research. It does not tell you where you must live.
Tailored reports for different stages
Start broad, investigate deeply, compare carefully, and plan the move.
StateMatcher offers a connected report family rather than one generic state ranking. Begin with the free Reality Check, then choose the report that matches the decision you are actually trying to make. Your questionnaire answers can be saved and reused across StateMatcher and FlagSeek.
Free first step
StateMatcher Reality Check
Before comparing states, understand the structure of your own decision. Your free Reality Check explains what matters most, which needs reinforce one another, where tradeoffs may arise, and what later state research should take seriously.
- Your most important priorities and concerns
- Constraints that may shape or narrow later choices
- Reinforcing needs and competing goals
- Questions a future State Match should investigate
Free Reality CheckUnderstand the decision before comparing destinations.
Start here
U.S. State Match Report
The U.S. State Match Report begins with you—not a generic ranking. It uses your household, budget, work, healthcare, housing, climate, safety, accessibility, family, language, and community priorities to identify promising states and explain the tradeoffs that matter.
- A personalized shortlist of U.S. states worth investigating
- An explanation of why each state may fit your priorities
- Clear cautions and tradeoffs that could weaken the fit
- A structured starting point for deeper state and local research
Explore one state
U.S. State Deep Dive
Your report is built from your questionnaire answers. It examines one state through the lens of your household, needs, wants, priorities, concerns, care requirements, budget realities, and lifestyle preferences—then shows how different regions and communities may or may not fit.
- A personalized analysis shaped by your questionnaire answers
- A regional and local orientation rather than a statewide-only summary
- Promising place types and areas to investigate
- Tradeoffs, cautions, and a practical research agenda
Compare two choices
U.S. State Compare
The U.S. State Compare will go beyond generic scorecards. It will examine two selected states against the same household needs, preferences, and constraints so the customer can see where each state is stronger, where each creates friction, and which differences are genuinely decision-relevant.
- A personalized side-by-side comparison of two states
- Category-by-category advantages, disadvantages, and tradeoffs
- A clear explanation of which state fits which priorities
- A focused list of unresolved questions and verification steps
Plan the move
U.S. State Action Plan
The U.S. State Action Plan will be the deepest StateMatcher report. It will connect destination intelligence with a personalized sequence for investigating places, verifying assumptions, preparing the household, and moving forward without pretending that a report can replace professional advice or on-the-ground due diligence.
- A personalized destination and implementation report
- A ranked set of places to investigate—not places the customer is commanded to choose
- Mini-guidebook treatment of recommended areas and their tradeoffs
- A phased action plan with research, verification, and moving steps
More ways to use StateMatcher
You do not have to be planning an interstate move.
StateMatcher can also help when you have just arrived in a state, are considering a move within your current state, or simply want to understand the place you already call home.
New to the state
Get oriented after the move.
Maybe a job, family commitment, school, or another circumstance brought you to a new state before you had time to fully research it. StateMatcher can help you investigate costs, healthcare, jobs, housing, schools, regional differences, and other practical factors that may matter to you.
Moving within your state
Investigate where in the state may fit you better.
You may not need a different state. StateMatcher gives you a smarter way to investigate regions and communities in terms of jobs, wages and costs, housing, school districts, healthcare, and the priorities that matter to you.
Staying where you are
Understand your home state better.
Learn more about your state's strengths, tradeoffs, costs, opportunities, risks, and regional differences—even if you have no plans to move.
One engine, two clear missions
StateMatcher focuses on moves within the United States.
StateMatcher, by FlagSeek, is focused on domestic relocation. FlagSeek provides the underlying questionnaires, analysis, reports, payment processing, delivery, fulfillment, and customer support.
Considering life abroad instead? Explore FlagSeek for international relocation.
Our approach
- Personalized rather than one-size-fits-all
- Evidence-led without false certainty
- Clear about tradeoffs and risks
- Respectful of customer choice and agency
- Independent from sponsors and service providers
A free place to begin
Understand your priorities before you compare states.
The StateMatcher Reality Check gives you a personalized view of your priorities, needs, concerns, constraints, and tradeoffs. No credit card is required.