Arizona vs Utah
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 Utah 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.
MeasureArizonaUtah
Home price$422,822$541,692
Rent paid$1,518$1,489
Cost of living110.7102.2
Income$81,486$96,658
Property tax0.48%0.48%
Income tax2.50%4.50%
Sales tax8.54%7.42%
Electric bill$161$102
Temperature70.7°F51.6°F
Snowfall2.0 in65.6 in
Precipitation9.0 in17.3 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.921.9
Bachelor's or higher34.7%39.1%
Crime rate422230
Commute26.4 min23.2 min
Unemployment4.9%3.6%
Population change+6.5%+8.2%
Wildfire risk98.295.3
Flood risk98.374.6
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.