Idaho vs Wyoming
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 3 of them and Wyoming on 11, 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.
MeasureIdahoWyoming
Home price$482,199$372,526
Rent paid$1,251$1,010
Cost of living99.993.7
Income$81,166$75,532
Property tax0.50%0.53%
Income tax5.30%0.00%
Sales tax6.03%5.39%
Electric bill$112$115
Temperature50.2°F45.1°F
Snowfall17.8 in44.9 in
Precipitation17.4 in15.9 in
Sunshine4.43 kWh/m²4.43 kWh/m²
Students per teacher18.412.5
Bachelor's or higher33.0%32.3%
Crime rate231203
Commute22.2 min19.7 min
Unemployment3.7%3.2%
Population change+10.4%+2.1%
Wildfire risk90.486.6
Flood risk69.554.1
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.