Arizona vs Louisiana
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 Louisiana 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.
MeasureArizonaLouisiana
Home price$422,822$217,968
Rent paid$1,518$1,056
Cost of living110.792.3
Income$81,486$60,986
Property tax0.48%0.55%
Income tax2.50%3.00%
Sales tax8.54%10.13%
Electric bill$161$157
Temperature70.7°F69.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in0.8 in
Precipitation9.0 in54.0 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.9
Bachelor's or higher34.7%27.8%
Crime rate422520
Commute26.4 min26.2 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+6.5%-0.9%
Wildfire risk98.248.0
Flood risk98.380.1
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.