Arizona vs North Carolina
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 4 of them and North Carolina on 11, 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.
MeasureArizonaNorth Carolina
Home price$422,822$340,430
Rent paid$1,518$1,215
Cost of living110.797.8
Income$81,486$73,958
Property tax0.48%0.66%
Income tax2.50%3.99%
Sales tax8.54%7.10%
Electric bill$161$151
Temperature70.7°F60.3°F
Snowfall2.0 in2.3 in
Precipitation9.0 in42.5 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.916.4
Bachelor's or higher34.7%37.1%
Crime rate422376
Commute26.4 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.9%3.6%
Population change+6.5%+7.2%
Wildfire risk98.253.8
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.