Florida vs Minnesota
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 4 of them and Minnesota on 11, 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.
MeasureFloridaMinnesota
Home price$378,126$356,887
Rent paid$1,644$1,272
Cost of living102.294.6
Income$77,735$87,117
Property tax0.78%1.00%
Income tax0.00%9.85%
Sales tax6.98%8.14%
Electric bill$169$119
Temperature74°F45.6°F
Snowfall0.2 in30.7 in
Precipitation43.3 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.515.7
Bachelor's or higher35.8%40.0%
Crime rate267257
Commute28.9 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+8.9%+2.2%
Wildfire risk92.857.4
Flood risk93.179.3
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.