Florida vs Washington
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 7 of them and Washington on 7, 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.
MeasureFloridaWashington
Home price$378,126$603,303
Rent paid$1,644$1,712
Cost of living102.2114.1
Income$77,735$99,389
Property tax0.78%0.75%
Income tax0.00%0.00%
Sales tax6.98%9.57%
Electric bill$169$130
Temperature74°F50°F
Snowfall0.2 in5.4 in
Precipitation43.3 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.93 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.518.3
Bachelor's or higher35.8%41.0%
Crime rate267326
Commute28.9 min27.2 min
Unemployment4.7%5.2%
Population change+8.9%+3.8%
Wildfire risk92.874.2
Flood risk93.191.4
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.