Arizona vs Michigan
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 Michigan 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.
MeasureArizonaMichigan
Home price$422,822$269,972
Rent paid$1,518$1,117
Cost of living110.790.1
Income$81,486$72,389
Property tax0.48%1.19%
Income tax2.50%4.25%
Sales tax8.54%6.00%
Electric bill$161$131
Temperature70.7°F48.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in47.5 in
Precipitation9.0 in30.4 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.916.9
Bachelor's or higher34.7%33.3%
Crime rate422434
Commute26.4 min24.3 min
Unemployment4.9%5.0%
Population change+6.5%+0.5%
Wildfire risk98.239.8
Flood risk98.384.6
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.