Idaho vs Texas
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 Texas 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.
MeasureIdahoTexas
Home price$482,199$302,999
Rent paid$1,251$1,386
Cost of living99.992.1
Income$81,166$79,721
Property tax0.50%1.40%
Income tax5.30%0.00%
Sales tax6.03%8.20%
Electric bill$112$174
Temperature50.2°F69.7°F
Snowfall17.8 in1.0 in
Precipitation17.4 in33.1 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.77 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.415.1
Bachelor's or higher33.0%35.2%
Crime rate231389
Commute22.2 min27.5 min
Unemployment3.7%4.4%
Population change+10.4%+8.8%
Wildfire risk90.483.5
Flood risk69.589.2
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.