Idaho vs Indiana
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Idaho comes out ahead on 8 of them and Indiana 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.
MeasureIdahoIndiana
Home price$482,199$262,265
Rent paid$1,251$1,063
Cost of living99.991
Income$81,166$71,959
Property tax0.50%0.76%
Income tax5.30%2.95%
Sales tax6.03%7.00%
Electric bill$112$160
Temperature50.2°F52.6°F
Snowfall17.8 in26.8 in
Precipitation17.4 in38.0 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.98 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.415.5
Bachelor's or higher33.0%30.7%
Crime rate231313
Commute22.2 min24.6 min
Unemployment3.7%3.3%
Population change+10.4%+2.8%
Wildfire risk90.424.6
Flood risk69.575.8
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.