Arizona vs Ohio
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 Ohio 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.
MeasureArizonaOhio
Home price$422,822$251,502
Rent paid$1,518$1,030
Cost of living110.794.3
Income$81,486$72,212
Property tax0.48%1.36%
Income tax2.50%2.75%
Sales tax8.54%7.29%
Electric bill$161$158
Temperature70.7°F52°F
Snowfall2.0 in25.7 in
Precipitation9.0 in39.1 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.89 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.917.3
Bachelor's or higher34.7%32.4%
Crime rate422294
Commute26.4 min23.8 min
Unemployment4.9%3.6%
Population change+6.5%+0.9%
Wildfire risk98.236.7
Flood risk98.384.9
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.