Florida vs North Dakota
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 North Dakota 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.
MeasureFloridaNorth Dakota
Home price$378,126$293,556
Rent paid$1,644$931
Cost of living102.291.4
Income$77,735$77,871
Property tax0.78%0.92%
Income tax0.00%2.50%
Sales tax6.98%7.09%
Electric bill$169$133
Temperature74°F42.4°F
Snowfall0.2 in23.0 in
Precipitation43.3 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.511.7
Bachelor's or higher35.8%34.0%
Crime rate267254
Commute28.9 min17.5 min
Unemployment4.7%2.3%
Population change+8.9%+2.6%
Wildfire risk92.865.1
Flood risk93.149.2
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.