Florida vs Louisiana
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Florida comes out ahead on 5 of them and Louisiana 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.
MeasureFloridaLouisiana
Home price$378,126$217,968
Rent paid$1,644$1,056
Cost of living102.292.3
Income$77,735$60,986
Property tax0.78%0.55%
Income tax0.00%3.00%
Sales tax6.98%10.13%
Electric bill$169$157
Temperature74°F69.3°F
Snowfall0.2 in0.8 in
Precipitation43.3 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.513.9
Bachelor's or higher35.8%27.8%
Crime rate267520
Commute28.9 min26.2 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+8.9%-0.9%
Wildfire risk92.848.0
Flood risk93.180.1
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.