Arizona vs South 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 South Dakota on 12, 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.
MeasureArizonaSouth Dakota
Home price$422,822$325,618
Rent paid$1,518$941
Cost of living110.791.9
Income$81,486$76,881
Property tax0.48%1.00%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%6.11%
Electric bill$161$138
Temperature70.7°F47.4°F
Snowfall2.0 in29.7 in
Precipitation9.0 in23.7 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.914.2
Bachelor's or higher34.7%34.2%
Crime rate422362
Commute26.4 min18.5 min
Unemployment4.9%2.0%
Population change+6.5%+5.5%
Wildfire risk98.275.5
Flood risk98.354.5
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.