Florida vs New York
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 10 of them and New York on 5, 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.
MeasureFloridaNew York
Home price$378,126$525,947
Rent paid$1,644$1,671
Cost of living102.2125.1
Income$77,735$85,820
Property tax0.78%1.30%
Income tax0.00%10.90%
Sales tax6.98%8.54%
Electric bill$169$164
Temperature74°F52.4°F
Snowfall0.2 in39.2 in
Precipitation43.3 in37.2 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.88 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.511.6
Bachelor's or higher35.8%41.2%
Crime rate267380
Commute28.9 min33.2 min
Unemployment4.7%4.6%
Population change+8.9%-1.0%
Wildfire risk92.834.8
Flood risk93.194.6
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.