Arizona vs Washington
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 9 of them and Washington on 6, 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.
MeasureArizonaWashington
Home price$422,822$603,303
Rent paid$1,518$1,712
Cost of living110.7114.1
Income$81,486$99,389
Property tax0.48%0.75%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%9.57%
Electric bill$161$130
Temperature70.7°F50°F
Snowfall2.0 in5.4 in
Precipitation9.0 in56.5 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.918.3
Bachelor's or higher34.7%41.0%
Crime rate422326
Commute26.4 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.9%5.2%
Population change+6.5%+3.8%
Wildfire risk98.274.2
Flood risk98.391.4
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.