Florida vs Pennsylvania
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 Pennsylvania 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.
MeasureFloridaPennsylvania
Home price$378,126$294,099
Rent paid$1,644$1,224
Cost of living102.297.2
Income$77,735$77,545
Property tax0.78%1.26%
Income tax0.00%3.07%
Sales tax6.98%6.34%
Electric bill$169$173
Temperature74°F52°F
Snowfall0.2 in21.7 in
Precipitation43.3 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.513.5
Bachelor's or higher35.8%36.4%
Crime rate267246
Commute28.9 min27.1 min
Unemployment4.7%4.1%
Population change+8.9%+0.4%
Wildfire risk92.838.7
Flood risk93.192.3
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.