Florida vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureFloridaTexas
Home price$378,126$302,999
Rent paid$1,644$1,386
Cost of living102.292.1
Income$77,735$79,721
Property tax0.78%1.40%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.98%8.20%
Electric bill$169$174
Temperature74°F69.7°F
Snowfall0.2 in1.0 in
Precipitation43.3 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.515.1
Bachelor's or higher35.8%35.2%
Crime rate267389
Commute28.9 min27.5 min
Unemployment4.7%4.4%
Population change+8.9%+8.8%
Wildfire risk92.883.5
Flood risk93.189.2
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.