Idaho vs Utah
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 8 of them and Utah on 7, 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.
MeasureIdahoUtah
Home price$482,199$541,692
Rent paid$1,251$1,489
Cost of living99.9102.2
Income$81,166$96,658
Property tax0.50%0.48%
Income tax5.30%4.50%
Sales tax6.03%7.42%
Electric bill$112$102
Temperature50.2°F51.6°F
Snowfall17.8 in65.6 in
Precipitation17.4 in17.3 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.78 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.421.9
Bachelor's or higher33.0%39.1%
Crime rate231230
Commute22.2 min23.2 min
Unemployment3.7%3.6%
Population change+10.4%+8.2%
Wildfire risk90.495.3
Flood risk69.574.6
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.