Arizona vs Pennsylvania
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 6 of them and Pennsylvania on 9, 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.
MeasureArizonaPennsylvania
Home price$422,822$294,099
Rent paid$1,518$1,224
Cost of living110.797.2
Income$81,486$77,545
Property tax0.48%1.26%
Income tax2.50%3.07%
Sales tax8.54%6.34%
Electric bill$161$173
Temperature70.7°F52°F
Snowfall2.0 in21.7 in
Precipitation9.0 in39.6 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.913.5
Bachelor's or higher34.7%36.4%
Crime rate422246
Commute26.4 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.9%4.1%
Population change+6.5%+0.4%
Wildfire risk98.238.7
Flood risk98.392.3
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.