Idaho vs Louisiana
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 Louisiana 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.
MeasureIdahoLouisiana
Home price$482,199$217,968
Rent paid$1,251$1,056
Cost of living99.992.3
Income$81,166$60,986
Property tax0.50%0.55%
Income tax5.30%3.00%
Sales tax6.03%10.13%
Electric bill$112$157
Temperature50.2°F69.3°F
Snowfall17.8 in0.8 in
Precipitation17.4 in54.0 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.64 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.9
Bachelor's or higher33.0%27.8%
Crime rate231520
Commute22.2 min26.2 min
Unemployment3.7%4.4%
Population change+10.4%-0.9%
Wildfire risk90.448.0
Flood risk69.580.1
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.