Arizona vs New York
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 8 of them and New York on 6, 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.
MeasureArizonaNew York
Home price$422,822$525,947
Rent paid$1,518$1,671
Cost of living110.7125.1
Income$81,486$85,820
Property tax0.48%1.30%
Income tax2.50%10.90%
Sales tax8.54%8.54%
Electric bill$161$164
Temperature70.7°F52.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in39.2 in
Precipitation9.0 in37.2 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.911.6
Bachelor's or higher34.7%41.2%
Crime rate422380
Commute26.4 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.9%4.6%
Population change+6.5%-1.0%
Wildfire risk98.234.8
Flood risk98.394.6
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.