Arizona vs Tennessee
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 7 of them and Tennessee on 7, 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.
MeasureArizonaTennessee
Home price$422,822$338,769
Rent paid$1,518$1,171
Cost of living110.790.3
Income$81,486$71,997
Property tax0.48%0.52%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%9.61%
Electric bill$161$163
Temperature70.7°F60.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in4.8 in
Precipitation9.0 in53.3 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.30 kWh/m²
Bachelor's or higher34.7%32.4%
Crime rate422592
Commute26.4 min26.5 min
Unemployment4.9%3.5%
Population change+6.5%+5.8%
Wildfire risk98.248.1
Flood risk98.376.4
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.