Idaho vs Pennsylvania
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 9 of them and Pennsylvania on 6, 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.
MeasureIdahoPennsylvania
Home price$482,199$294,099
Rent paid$1,251$1,224
Cost of living99.997.2
Income$81,166$77,545
Property tax0.50%1.26%
Income tax5.30%3.07%
Sales tax6.03%6.34%
Electric bill$112$173
Temperature50.2°F52°F
Snowfall17.8 in21.7 in
Precipitation17.4 in39.6 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.90 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.413.5
Bachelor's or higher33.0%36.4%
Crime rate231246
Commute22.2 min27.1 min
Unemployment3.7%4.1%
Population change+10.4%+0.4%
Wildfire risk90.438.7
Flood risk69.592.3
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.