Idaho vs Michigan
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 Michigan 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.
MeasureIdahoMichigan
Home price$482,199$269,972
Rent paid$1,251$1,117
Cost of living99.990.1
Income$81,166$72,389
Property tax0.50%1.19%
Income tax5.30%4.25%
Sales tax6.03%6.00%
Electric bill$112$131
Temperature50.2°F48.9°F
Snowfall17.8 in47.5 in
Precipitation17.4 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.416.9
Bachelor's or higher33.0%33.3%
Crime rate231434
Commute22.2 min24.3 min
Unemployment3.7%5.0%
Population change+10.4%+0.5%
Wildfire risk90.439.8
Flood risk69.584.6
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.