Louisiana vs North Carolina
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 9 of them and North Carolina 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.
MeasureLouisianaNorth Carolina
Home price$217,968$340,430
Rent paid$1,056$1,215
Cost of living92.397.8
Income$60,986$73,958
Property tax0.55%0.66%
Income tax3.00%3.99%
Sales tax10.13%7.10%
Electric bill$157$151
Temperature69.3°F60.3°F
Snowfall0.8 in2.3 in
Precipitation54.0 in42.5 in
Sunshine4.64 kWh/m²4.46 kWh/m²
Students per teacher13.916.4
Bachelor's or higher27.8%37.1%
Crime rate520376
Commute26.2 min25.7 min
Unemployment4.4%3.6%
Population change-0.9%+7.2%
Wildfire risk48.053.8
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.