Florida vs Michigan
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 6 of them and Michigan on 9, 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.
MeasureFloridaMichigan
Home price$378,126$269,972
Rent paid$1,644$1,117
Cost of living102.290.1
Income$77,735$72,389
Property tax0.78%1.19%
Income tax0.00%4.25%
Sales tax6.98%6.00%
Electric bill$169$131
Temperature74°F48.9°F
Snowfall0.2 in47.5 in
Precipitation43.3 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.516.9
Bachelor's or higher35.8%33.3%
Crime rate267434
Commute28.9 min24.3 min
Unemployment4.7%5.0%
Population change+8.9%+0.5%
Wildfire risk92.839.8
Flood risk93.184.6
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.