Idaho vs North Dakota
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 6 of them and North Dakota on 9, 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 Dakota
Home price$482,199$293,556
Rent paid$1,251$931
Cost of living99.991.4
Income$81,166$77,871
Property tax0.50%0.92%
Income tax5.30%2.50%
Sales tax6.03%7.09%
Electric bill$112$133
Temperature50.2°F42.4°F
Snowfall17.8 in23.0 in
Precipitation17.4 in20.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.76 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.411.7
Bachelor's or higher33.0%34.0%
Crime rate231254
Commute22.2 min17.5 min
Unemployment3.7%2.3%
Population change+10.4%+2.6%
Wildfire risk90.465.1
Flood risk69.549.2
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.