Arizona vs Texas
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 5 of them and Texas on 10, 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.
MeasureArizonaTexas
Home price$422,822$302,999
Rent paid$1,518$1,386
Cost of living110.792.1
Income$81,486$79,721
Property tax0.48%1.40%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%8.20%
Electric bill$161$174
Temperature70.7°F69.7°F
Snowfall2.0 in1.0 in
Precipitation9.0 in33.1 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.915.1
Bachelor's or higher34.7%35.2%
Crime rate422389
Commute26.4 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.9%4.4%
Population change+6.5%+8.8%
Wildfire risk98.283.5
Flood risk98.389.2
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.