Idaho vs South 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 South 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.
MeasureIdahoSouth Dakota
Home price$482,199$325,618
Rent paid$1,251$941
Cost of living99.991.9
Income$81,166$76,881
Property tax0.50%1.00%
Income tax5.30%0.00%
Sales tax6.03%6.11%
Electric bill$112$138
Temperature50.2°F47.4°F
Snowfall17.8 in29.7 in
Precipitation17.4 in23.7 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.08 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.414.2
Bachelor's or higher33.0%34.2%
Crime rate231362
Commute22.2 min18.5 min
Unemployment3.7%2.0%
Population change+10.4%+5.5%
Wildfire risk90.475.5
Flood risk69.554.5
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.