Louisiana vs Minnesota
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 Minnesota 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.
MeasureLouisianaMinnesota
Home price$217,968$356,887
Rent paid$1,056$1,272
Cost of living92.394.6
Income$60,986$87,117
Property tax0.55%1.00%
Income tax3.00%9.85%
Sales tax10.13%8.14%
Electric bill$157$119
Temperature69.3°F45.6°F
Snowfall0.8 in30.7 in
Precipitation54.0 in30.4 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²3.79 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.915.7
Bachelor's or higher27.8%40.0%
Crime rate520257
Commute26.2 min22.7 min
Unemployment4.4%4.4%
Population change-0.9%+2.2%
Wildfire risk48.057.4
Flood risk80.179.3
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.