Idaho vs North Carolina
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 7 of them and North Carolina on 8, 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.
MeasureIdahoNorth Carolina
Home price$482,199$340,430
Rent paid$1,251$1,215
Cost of living99.997.8
Income$81,166$73,958
Property tax0.50%0.66%
Income tax5.30%3.99%
Sales tax6.03%7.10%
Electric bill$112$151
Temperature50.2°F60.3°F
Snowfall17.8 in2.3 in
Precipitation17.4 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.416.4
Bachelor's or higher33.0%37.1%
Crime rate231376
Commute22.2 min25.7 min
Unemployment3.7%3.6%
Population change+10.4%+7.2%
Wildfire risk90.453.8
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.