Louisiana vs Michigan
Twenty measures that tend to decide a move, side by side. Every figure is the same one the map shows, from the same source.
Louisiana comes out ahead on 8 of them and Michigan 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.
MeasureLouisianaMichigan
Home price$217,968$269,972
Rent paid$1,056$1,117
Cost of living92.390.1
Income$60,986$72,389
Property tax0.55%1.19%
Income tax3.00%4.25%
Sales tax10.13%6.00%
Electric bill$157$131
Temperature69.3°F48.9°F
Snowfall0.8 in47.5 in
Precipitation54.0 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.80 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.916.9
Bachelor's or higher27.8%33.3%
Crime rate520434
Commute26.2 min24.3 min
Unemployment4.4%5.0%
Population change-0.9%+0.5%
Wildfire risk48.039.8
Flood risk80.184.6
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.