Arizona vs Minnesota
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 3 of them and Minnesota on 12, 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.
MeasureArizonaMinnesota
Home price$422,822$356,887
Rent paid$1,518$1,272
Cost of living110.794.6
Income$81,486$87,117
Property tax0.48%1.00%
Income tax2.50%9.85%
Sales tax8.54%8.14%
Electric bill$161$119
Temperature70.7°F45.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in30.7 in
Precipitation9.0 in30.4 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.915.7
Bachelor's or higher34.7%40.0%
Crime rate422257
Commute26.4 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+6.5%+2.2%
Wildfire risk98.257.4
Flood risk98.379.3
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.