Arizona vs Indiana
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 4 of them and Indiana on 11, 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.
MeasureArizonaIndiana
Home price$422,822$262,265
Rent paid$1,518$1,063
Cost of living110.791
Income$81,486$71,959
Property tax0.48%0.76%
Income tax2.50%2.95%
Sales tax8.54%7.00%
Electric bill$161$160
Temperature70.7°F52.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in26.8 in
Precipitation9.0 in38.0 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.915.5
Bachelor's or higher34.7%30.7%
Crime rate422313
Commute26.4 min24.6 min
Unemployment4.9%3.3%
Population change+6.5%+2.8%
Wildfire risk98.224.6
Flood risk98.375.8
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.