Arizona vs Wyoming
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 Wyoming 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.
MeasureArizonaWyoming
Home price$422,822$372,526
Rent paid$1,518$1,010
Cost of living110.793.7
Income$81,486$75,532
Property tax0.48%0.53%
Income tax2.50%0.00%
Sales tax8.54%5.39%
Electric bill$161$115
Temperature70.7°F45.1°F
Snowfall2.0 in44.9 in
Precipitation9.0 in15.9 in
Sunshine5.76 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher17.912.5
Bachelor's or higher34.7%32.3%
Crime rate422203
Commute26.4 min19.7 min
Unemployment4.9%3.2%
Population change+6.5%+2.1%
Wildfire risk98.286.6
Flood risk98.354.1
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.