Arizona vs North Dakota
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 North Dakota 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 Dakota
Home price$422,822$293,556
Rent paid$1,518$931
Cost of living110.791.4
Income$81,486$77,871
Property tax0.48%0.92%
Income tax2.50%2.50%
Sales tax8.54%7.09%
Electric bill$161$133
Temperature70.7°F42.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in23.0 in
Precipitation9.0 in20.1 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.911.7
Bachelor's or higher34.7%34.0%
Crime rate422254
Commute26.4 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.9%2.3%
Population change+6.5%+2.6%
Wildfire risk98.265.1
Flood risk98.349.2
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.