Arizona vs Florida
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Arizona comes out ahead on 7 of them and Florida on 8, but that tally is not a recommendation: it weighs a difference in class size the same as a difference in house price. Read the rows that matter to you.
MeasureArizonaFlorida
Home price$422,822$378,126
Rent paid$1,518$1,644
Cost of living110.7102.2
Income$81,486$77,735
Property tax0.48%0.78%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%6.98%
Electric bill$161$169
Temperature70.7°F74°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.2 in
Precipitation9.0 in43.3 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.93 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.918.5
Bachelor's or higher34.7%35.8%
Crime rate422267
Commute26.4 min28.9 min
Unemployment4.9%4.7%
Population change+6.5%+8.9%
Wildfire risk98.292.8
Flood risk98.393.1
Bold marks the better figure where a measure has a better direction. Weather, snowfall and rainfall are shown plain, because warmer is not better — it is a preference.