Arizona vs Missouri
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 5 of them and Missouri on 10, 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.
MeasureArizonaMissouri
Home price$422,822$271,597
Rent paid$1,518$1,030
Cost of living110.789
Income$81,486$71,589
Property tax0.48%0.89%
Income tax2.50%4.70%
Sales tax8.54%8.44%
Electric bill$161$145
Temperature70.7°F56.9°F
Snowfall2.0 in14.0 in
Precipitation9.0 in37.4 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.25 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.0
Bachelor's or higher34.7%33.5%
Crime rate422462
Commute26.4 min24.0 min
Unemployment4.9%3.7%
Population change+6.5%+1.9%
Wildfire risk98.254.0
Flood risk98.379.4
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.