Idaho vs Washington
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 11 of them and Washington on 4, 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.
MeasureIdahoWashington
Home price$482,199$603,303
Rent paid$1,251$1,712
Cost of living99.9114.1
Income$81,166$99,389
Property tax0.50%0.75%
Income tax5.30%0.00%
Sales tax6.03%9.57%
Electric bill$112$130
Temperature50.2°F50°F
Snowfall17.8 in5.4 in
Precipitation17.4 in56.5 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²3.56 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.418.3
Bachelor's or higher33.0%41.0%
Crime rate231326
Commute22.2 min27.2 min
Unemployment3.7%5.2%
Population change+10.4%+3.8%
Wildfire risk90.474.2
Flood risk69.591.4
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.