Arizona vs Idaho
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 6 of them and Idaho on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaIdaho
Home price$422,822$482,199
Rent paid$1,518$1,251
Cost of living110.799.9
Income$81,486$81,166
Property tax0.48%0.50%
Income tax2.50%5.30%
Sales tax8.54%6.03%
Electric bill$161$112
Temperature70.7°F50.2°F
Snowfall2.0 in17.8 in
Precipitation9.0 in17.4 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.918.4
Bachelor's or higher34.7%33.0%
Crime rate422231
Commute26.4 min22.2 min
Unemployment4.9%3.7%
Population change+6.5%+10.4%
Wildfire risk98.290.4
Flood risk98.369.5
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.